presenility

[pree-si-nil-i-tee]

noun

1. premature old age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of presenility¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; pre- + senility

Example Sentences

Yet it may unquestionably bring about definite retrogressive changes in the secondary sex characters: reduction or loss of virility, diminution of facial and body hair, and a general presenility or hastening of senility.

From Project Gutenberg