Senility

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being senile; old age; especially, the weakness or imbecility of old age.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being senile; old age.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
  • noun. The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
  • noun. An elderly, senile person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the state of being senile
  • noun. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
  • Word Usage
    "Many people greatly misuse the word senility when wanting to convey the idea that the aged individual that they are referring to has memory loss, confusion etc., when the appropriate word is dementia."
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    age  eld  geezerhood  old age  oldness  
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