senility

  • 11senility — Old age; a general term for a variety of organic disorders, both physical and mental, occurring in old age. [see senile] * * * se·nil·i·ty si nil ət ēalso se n, pl ties the quality or state of being senile specif the physical and mental infirmity …

    Medical dictionary

  • 12senility — 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 13senility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dotage, second childhood, superannuation, old age, degeneration, decrepitude. See age, insanity, weakness.Ant., juvenility, puerility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. old age, dotage, anecdotage*, feebleness …

    English dictionary for students

  • 14senility — se·nil·i·ty || sɪ nɪlÉ™tɪ n. old age; condition caused by physical and/or mental impairments associated with old age …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 15senility — n. 1. Old age. 2. Imbecility (from old age), dotage …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 16senility — n dotage, superannuation, caducity; decrepitude, (of women) anility, senescence, failure of mental abilities, loss of one s faculties, waning or fading of abilities; foolishness, second childhood, childishness …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 17senility — se·nil·i·ty …

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  • 18senility — See: senile …

    English dictionary

  • 19senility — se•nil•i•ty [[t]sɪˈnɪl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pat the state of being senile, esp. the weakness or mental infirmity of old age • Etymology: 1770–80 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20senility — /səˈnɪləti/ (say suh niluhtee) noun senile state; the weakness or mental infirmity of old age …

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