dotage

[ doh-tij ]

/ ˈdoʊ tɪdʒ /

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noun

a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.

excessive fondness; foolish affection.

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Origin of dotage

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at dote, -age

Words nearby dotage

dossil, dost, Dostoevsky, Dostoyevsky, Feodor, dot, dotage, dotard, dotation, dot ball, dot-com, dotcommer

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How to use dotage in a sentence

Many veteran lefties have been effective with the kind of stuff Lester has shown in Florida — 86-to-90 mph fastballs and cutters on hitters’ hands, plus a big curve and a change he seems to have saved for his dotage.
This Nationals spring has been filled with happy returns. Now let’s see if they last.|Thomas M. Boswell|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
Being politically astute, even in her dotage, Baroness Thatcher was aware what contention that could create.
Margaret Thatcher, Divisive Even in Death|Peter Jukes|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In An Accidental Sportswriter, he revisits Talese, now in his elegant, legend-buffing dotage.
On the Peninsula|Bryan Curtis|April 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
To-morrow—a crippled veteran, and after that a pensioner drifting fast into a garrulous dotage.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

England is no more in her dotage than America is in her nonage.
Canada and the Canadians|Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
The old man, whose dull face seemed to indicate dotage, half raised himself at the sound of the stranger's voice.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
But when Europe befools itself, in its dotage, with republican attire, we lads have a right to laugh.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848|Various
On the following day he fell into a state of absolute dotage and insensibility, and never rose from his arm-chair again.
Mauprat|George Sand

British Dictionary definitions for dotage

dotage

/ (ˈdəʊtɪdʒ) /

noun

feebleness of mind, esp as a result of old age

foolish infatuation

Word Origin for dotage

C14: from dote + -age

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