to be in one's dotage

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• dotage — n. to be in one s dotage * * * [ dəʊtɪdʒ] to be in one s dotage …   Combinatory dictionary

• dotage — the state of one who dotes, c.1300; see DOTE (Cf. dote) + AGE (Cf. age). Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for senility …   Etymology dictionary

• dotage — noun the memoirs she began in her dotage Syn: declining years, winter of one s life, autumn of one s life; advanced years, old age; literary eld …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Series One, Episode Five (Island at War) — Series One, Episode Five is the fifth episode of the first series of the television drama Island at War .Plot summaryIn a break from the more comfortable drama of the first four episodes, Director Peter Lydon and writer Stephen Mallatratt show us …   Wikipedia

• old — adjective 1) old ladies Syn: elderly, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, up in years; venerable; in one s dotage, long in the tooth, gray haired, grizzled, hoary; past one s prime, not as young as one was, ancient, decrepit …   Thesaurus of popular words

• aged — adjective an aged relative Syn: elderly, old, mature, older, senior, hoary, ancient, senescent, advanced in years, in one s dotage, long in the tooth, as old as the hills, past one s prime, not as young as one used to be, getting on, over the… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• dote — v 1.Usu. dote on idolize, hold dear, prize, treasure, adore, be stuck on; make much of, indulge, spoil, coddle, pamper, lavish on. 2. be in one s second childhood, be feebleminded, be in one s dotage, show one s age; ramble, wander …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• senile — senescent; declining, failing, failing in mind, losing one s faculties or abilities, Inf. slipping, no longer in full command; waning, fading, (of women) anile; mentally infirm, foolish, decrepit; in one s dotage, in one s second childhood,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• dote — intransitive verb (doted; doting) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German dotten to be foolish Date: 13th century 1. to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age ; be in one s dotage 2. to be lavish or excessive in one s… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• childish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. infantile, puerile, juvenile, youthful, babyish; brattish; senile, simpleminded, weak, silly; credulous, naive, trustful. See credulity, youth. Ant., mature, wise. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having… …   English dictionary for students

• elderly — 1. adjective her elderly mother Syn: aged, old, advanced in years, aging, long in the tooth, past one s prime; gray haired, grizzled, hoary; in one s dotage, decrepit, doddering, doddery, senescent; informal getting on, past it, over the hill, no …   Thesaurus of popular words