doited

doited
/doy"tid, -tit/, adj. Scot.
childish or feeble-minded, esp. because of advanced age; senile.
[1375-1425; late ME (Scots), appar. a form of ME doted, ptp. of doten to DOTE]

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  • senile — Synonyms and related words: aged, aging, ancient, anile, childish, childlike, crabbed, debilitated, declining, decrepit, doddered, doddering, doddery, doited, dotard, doting, dotty, enfeebled, failing, feeble, fogy, fogyish, forgetful, fossilized …   Moby Thesaurus

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