dotage

dotage
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."

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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 — 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

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