dotage

dot·age  (dtj)

n.

A deterioration of mental faculties.

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[Middle English, from doten, to dote.]

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dotage [ˈdəʊtɪdʒ]

n

1. feebleness of mind, esp as a result of old age

2. foolish infatuation

[from dote + -age]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dotage - mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations second childhood, senility eld, geezerhood, old age, years, 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"

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dotage

noun old age, senility, advanced years, decrepitude, second childhood, eld (archaic), elderliness, autumn or winter of your years, agedness He's spending his dotage in a riverside cottage.

Translations

dotage [ˈdəʊtɪdʒ] N → chochez f
to be in one's dotage → chochear, estar chocho

dotage [ˈdəʊtɪdʒ] n (= old age) → vieux jours mpl
to be in one's dotage → être dans ses vieux jours

dotage

n → Senilität f, → Altersschwäche f; to be in one’s dotage → in seiner zweiten Kindheit sein, senil sein; he’s spending his dotage in the south of France → er verbringt seinen Lebensabend in Südfrankreich

dotage [ˈdəʊtɪdʒ] n to be in one's dotage → essere rimbambito/a