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senility

noun
/səˈnɪlɪti/

Etymology

From senile + -ity.

  1. derived from *sénos✻
  2. derived from senīlis
  3. derived from senile
  4. derived from senile
  5. borrowed from sénile
  6. suffixed as senility — “senile + ity”

Definitions

  1. The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age

    The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.

    • Near-synonym: second childhood

  2. The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.

    • He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.

  3. An elderly, senile person.

    • There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities.

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Derived

presenility

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for senility. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA