Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.

    Near-synonym: second childhood

    mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

  2. (uncountable)The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.

    He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.

    Senilität

    ста́ростьstárostʹ, дря́хлостьdrjáxlostʹ

  3. (archaic, countable)An elderly, senile person.

    the state of being senile

Examples

1 sentences
  1. You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the losing of memory and reason:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the losing of memory and reason:

Forms

plural: senilities

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsenile

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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