senility
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se·nile
 (sē′nīl′, sĕn′īl′)adj.
1.
a. Relating to or having diminished cognitive function, as when memory is impaired, because of old age.
b. Being a disease or condition whose cause is primarily advanced age: senile cataracts.
2. Geology At the end of an erosion cycle: senile soil.
[Latin senīlis, proper to or characteristic of old people, aged, from senex, sen-, old; see sen- in Indo-European roots.]
se′nile′ly adv.
se·nil′i·ty (sĭ-nĭl′ĭ-tē) n.
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se•nil•i•ty
(sɪˈnɪl ɪ ti)n.
the state of being senile, esp. the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
[1770–80]
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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 Age2. 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 |
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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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senility
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
شَيْخوخَه، هَرَم، خَرَÙ
senilita
senilitet
szenilitás
ellihrumleiki; elli
senilita
bunaklık
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
senility
n → Senilität f; (physical) → Altersschwäche f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
senile
(ˈsiËnail) adjective showing the feebleness or childishness of old age. a senile old woman.
seˈnility (səˈni-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
se·nil·i·ty
n. senilidad, cualidad de ser senil.
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