Infirmity+of+age

  • 11infirmity — in|fir|mi|ty [ ın fɜrməti ] noun count or uncount FORMAL bad health caused by old age or illness …

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  • 12infirmity — in•fir•mi•ty [[t]ɪnˈfɜr mɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age[/ex] 2) the quality or state of being infirm; lack of strength 3) a moral weakness or failing • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < L …

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  • 13infirmity — /ɪnˈfɜməti/ (say in fermuhtee) noun (plural infirmities) 1. a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age. 2. the state of being infirm; lack of strength. 3. a moral weakness or failing. {Middle English infirmyte, from Latin infirmitas} …

  • 14infirmity — noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑frailness, ↑valetudinarianism • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail …

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  • 15old age — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seniority, dotage, infirmity; see age 2 , senility . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. retirement age, senescence, declining years, *winter of one s life, enfeeblement, dotage, senility. To take in sail. Emerson. To be left… …

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  • 16old age — [n] latter part of animate life advancing years*, age, agedness, autumn of life*, caducity, debility, declining years*, decrepitude, dotage, elderliness, evening of life*, feebleness, golden age*, golden years*, infirmity, second childhood*,… …

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  • 17old age — n declining years, winter of one s life; agedness, oldness, elderliness, senescence, antiquity, ancientness, superannuation; senility, anility, dotage, second childhood; caducity, decrepitude, infirmity, feebleness, weakness …

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  • 18Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford — The Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, unknown artist after lost orig …

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  • 19senility — Synonyms and related words: aboriginality, abulia, advanced age, advanced years, age, age of retirement, an incurable disease, ancien regime, ancientness, anility, antiquity, arteriosclerotic psychosis, atavism, caducity, certifiability,… …

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  • 20anility — Synonyms and related words: advanced age, advanced years, age of retirement, an incurable disease, caducity, childishness, debility, decline, decline of life, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, dotardism, eld, elderliness, feebleness, green… …

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