old age

Old Age

See also age; antiquity; fossils.

anecdotage

old age, when a person may be prone to regale others with anecdotes about his past. [A humorous blend of anecdote and dotage.]

anility

the condition of behaving like an old woman, used especially of men. Cf. senility.

caducity

decrepit old age; senility.

gerascophobia

the fear of growing old.

geratology

the study of the decline of life, as in old age. — geratologic, geratological, geratologous, adj.

geriatrics

1. the science dealing with the diseases, debilities, and care of aged persons.
2. the study of the physical process and problems of aging; gerontology. — geriatrie, adj. — geriatrist, geriatrician, geriatry, n.

gerocomy

gerontology.

gerodontics

a dental specialty concerned with the care and treatment of the dental problems of the aged. — gerodontist, n.

geromorphism

the condition of appearing older than one is.

gerontology

the branch of science that studies aging and the special problems of the aged. Also called gerocomy. — gerontologist, n. — gerontological, adj.

nonagenarianism

the state of being in one’s nineties. — nonagenarian, n., adj. — nonagenary, adj.

nostology

Medicine, Obsolete, the study of senility.

octogenarianism

the state of being in one’s eighties. — octogenarian, n., adj. — octogenary, adj.

opsimathy

Rare.
1. a late education.
2. the process of acquiring education late in life.

senicide

the killing off of the old men in a tribe. — senicidal, adj.

senility

1. the state or quality of being old, especially, being afflicted with the infirmity of body and mind that sometimes comes with old age.
2. Informal. a condition of weakness of mind and body, usually associated with advanced age, characterized by the inability to remember simple, recent events, general confusion and bewilderment, and increasing debility. Cf. anility. — senile, adj.

septuagenarianism

the state of being in one’s seventies. — septuagenarian n., adj. — septuagenary, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

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old age - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" eld, geezerhood, years, age time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state mid-sixties, sixties - the time of life between 60 and 70 mid-seventies, seventies - the time of life between 70 and 80 mid-eighties, eighties - the time of life between 80 and 90 mid-nineties, nineties - the time of life between 90 and 100 dotage, second childhood, senility - mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

Translations

old age n → vejez f

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old age old n → vieillesse f

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old age old n → Alter nt

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old age n → vecchiaia