DOTAGE


Meaning of DOTAGE in English

noun

advanced age accompanied by a decline of mental poise and alertness

a doddering eighty-year-old entering his dotage

Synonyms: second childhood, senility; compare old age

Related Word: decrepitude, feebleness, infirmity; age, elderliness, senectitude

Contrasted words: adolescence, youth; maturity

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