se·nil·i·ty (s -nl -t )n. 1. Old age. 2. The mental and physical deterioration associated with aging. |
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.
See also: 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.
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| Noun | 1. | senility - mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations 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" |
| 2. | senility - the state of being senile oldness - the opposite of youngness |
senility
noun dotage, Alzheimer's disease, infirmity, senile dementia, decrepitude, senescence, second childhood, caducity, loss of your faculties He was showing unmistakable signs of senility.
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