Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated)A person who is senile.

Examples

15 sentences

  1. I'm not senile.

    deIch bin nicht senil. — Waldelfe

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  2. Are you senile?

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  3. Tom is senile.

    deTom ist senil. — Naina

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  4. Are you saying I'm senile?

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  5. We'll be old and senile before that happens.

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Origin

1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, fro

1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

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Forms

plural: seniles
Singularsenile
Pluralseniles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
senatorB2sendA2senderseniorA2senioritysensationB1
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