senility (noun)

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• senility — senile ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties. ► NOUN ▪ a senile person. DERIVATIVES senility noun. ORIGIN Latin senilis, from senex old man …   English terms dictionary

• senility — noun a) The losing of memory and reason due to old age. He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit. b) An elderly, senile person. See Also: senile …   Wiktionary

• senility — noun Date: 1791 the quality or state of being senile; specifically the physical and mental infirmity of old age …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• senility — noun 1. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations • Syn: ↑dotage, ↑second childhood • Derivationally related forms: ↑senile • Hypernyms: ↑old age, ↑years, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• senility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dotage, second childhood, superannuation, old age, degeneration, decrepitude. See age, insanity, weakness.Ant., juvenility, puerility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. old age, dotage, anecdotage*, feebleness …   English dictionary for students

• senility — /səˈnɪləti/ (say suh niluhtee) noun senile state; the weakness or mental infirmity of old age …  

• senile — adjective having the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties. ↘characteristic of or caused by old age. noun a senile person. Derivatives senility noun Origin C17: from Fr. sénile or L. senilis, from senex old man …   English new terms dictionary

• senile — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties. ► NOUN ▪ a senile person. DERIVATIVES senility noun. ORIGIN Latin senilis, from senex old man …   English terms dictionary

• second childhood — noun mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations • Syn: ↑dotage, ↑senility • Derivationally related forms: ↑senile (for: ↑senility) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• old age — noun a late time of life (Freq. 1) old age is not for sissies he s showing his years age hasn t slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood • Syn: ↑years, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• caducity — noun Etymology: French caducité, from caduc transitory, from Latin caducus Date: 1769 1. senility 2. the quality of being transitory or perishable …   New Collegiate Dictionary