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senility
/səˈnɪlɪti/
noun 3
Collocations
2VERB + SENILITY
stave
PREP.
off
Definitions
noun
1
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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Synonyms
noun — mental infirmity as a consequence of old age
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Near-synonym: second childhood
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He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
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There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities.
Wiktionary04
You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.
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