Anility
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The state of being anile; the old age of a woman; womanish dotage: as, “marks of
anility
,”
Sterne
, Sermons, xxi.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The condition of being
anile
.
Word Usage
"This colossus of cunning and corruption had employed all his powers of mind, and all the resources of mimicry, to affect the surprise and anility of an innocent man, while giving the lawyers the spectacle of his sufferings."
cross-reference
senility
Etymologically Related
anile
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
advanced age
advanced years
age of retirement
an incurable disease
caducity