Thesaurus: dotage

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1. v. i. 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.
2. v. i. Foolish utterance; drivel.
3. v. i. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
4. n. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
5. 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. Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. Macaulay. 2. Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton. 3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.
6. n:100 n. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations