SENILE


Meaning of SENILE in English

/ ˈsiːnaɪl; NAmE / adjective

behaving in a confused or strange way, and unable to remember things, because you are old :

I think she's going senile .

►  sen·il·ity / səˈnɪləti; NAmE / noun [ U ]:

an old man on the verge of senility

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from French sénile or Latin senilis , from senex old man.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.