senility
the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
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Whether it was actual ignorance, senility, or some obscure test, it's hard to know.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith senility's fingers at his throat, it was clear that no more movies were going to be made.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAdrift in senility and depression, Hitchcock is dismantling his life, putting it away.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis father was near senility, his mother was overbearing, and the household was in financial straits.
The Professor and the Doomsday Clock: ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ & Signs of John Kennedy Toole’s Suicide | Cory MacLauchlin | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLike senility, there is no way to stop sebaceous hyperplasia from advancing, either.
We, fools as we are, know how to pay the proper respect that is due to senility and second-childishness.
It would seem that we lawyers have taken insufficient account of the characteristics of senility.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossI should like to add to what precedes, that senility presents fact and judgment together.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossThe deep red hue of a frosty and vigorous senility still coloured their unwrinkled faces.
Those who have clung so hard to their bodies, must galvanise them again with rheumatism and senility and mortgage-ridden minds.
The Hive | Will Levington Comfort
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