- dotage
- noun Etymology: Middle English, from doten to dote Date: 14th century a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness
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Dotage — Do tage, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage. [1913 Webster] Capable of distinguishing between the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dotage — index caducity, incapacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
dotage — the state of one who dotes, c.1300; see DOTE (Cf. dote) + AGE (Cf. age). Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for senility … Etymology dictionary
dotage — senility, *age, senescence Antonyms: infancy … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dotage — [n] feebleness, old age advanced age, decrepitude, elderliness, fatuity, imbecility, infirmity, second childhood*, senectitude, senility, weakness; concepts 405,715 Ant. childhood, strength, youngness, youth, youthfulness … New thesaurus
dotage — ► NOUN ▪ the period of life in which a person is old and weak. ORIGIN from DOTE(Cf. ↑doting) + AGE(Cf. ↑ age) … English terms dictionary
dotage — [dōt′ij] n. [ME < doten, DOTE] 1. feeble and childish state due to old age; senility 2. a doting; foolish or excessive affection … English World dictionary
Dotage — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Dotage (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on dotage instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/dotage … Wikipedia
dotage — [[t]do͟ʊtɪʤ[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu poss N If someone is in their dotage, they are very old and becoming weak. Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee. ...spending his dotage in a riverside cottage … English dictionary
dotage — n. to be in one s dotage * * * [ dəʊtɪdʒ] to be in one s dotage … Combinatory dictionary
dotage — noun a) Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility. More care! said the old man. . . . There were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at… … Wiktionary
