senility
- the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
Origin of senility
Related Words for senility
feebleness, decline, age, dotage, senescence, decrepitude, senectitude, anility, caducityExamples from the Web for senility
Contemporary Examples of senility
Whether it was actual ignorance, senility, or some obscure test, it's hard to know.
With senility's fingers at his throat, it was clear that no more movies were going to be made.
Adrift in senility and depression, Hitchcock is dismantling his life, putting it away.
Like senility, there is no way to stop sebaceous hyperplasia from advancing, either.
Historical Examples of senility
Not of age—merely of time; for here was no senility, no quavering or fretful lines.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
"Glad your senility has not affected that remnant of your common-sense," he declared.
Kent Knowles: QuahaugJoseph C. Lincoln
Is it a sign of senility, or half-thought-out ideas, or what?
CyropaediaXenophon
There's a similar touch of ineptitude (senility, perhaps) in the Memorabilia, ad fin.
CyropaediaXenophon
And this is the man they accuse of senility and weak intellect!
Word Origin and History for senility
senility
(sĭ-nĭl′ĭ-tē)- The state of being senile.
- The mental and physical deterioration characteristic of old age.