senility
senility · senilities
старость, дряхлость
Senilität
The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescenceThe bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
/səˈnɪlɪti/
» You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(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
(archaic, countable)An elderly, senile person.
the state of being senile
Examples
1 sentencesYou have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
the losing of memory and reason:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the losing of memory and reason:
Forms
plural: senilitiesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations:dotagesecond childhood
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsRelatedsenile
Derivedpresenility
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable