Dotage

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  • noun. A deterioration of mental faculties associated with aging.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of one who dotes; feebleness or imbecility of mind in old age; second childhood; senility.
  • noun. Weak and foolish affection; excessive fondness.
  • noun. The folly imagined by one who is foolish and doting.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility.
  • noun. Foolish utterance; drivel.
  • noun. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
  • noun. Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
  • noun. foolish utterance; drivel
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
    • Word Usage
    "And fo what we call dotage, feldom breeds In bodies, but where nature fows the feeds."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    age  eld  geezerhood  old age  years  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ageing  baldness  childishness  credulity  decrepitude  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    advanced age  advanced years  age  age of retirement  an incurable disease  
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