SENILE


Meaning of SENILE in English

■ adjective having the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties.

↘characteristic of or caused by old age.

■ noun a ~ person.

Derivatives

senility noun

Origin

C17: from Fr. sénile or L. senilis , from senex 'old man'.

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