Dotage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dotage is a noun meaning Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
Meaning
Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
More Meanings
- Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
- Foolish utterance(s); drivel.
Example Sentences
No leſs are they out of the way in Philoſophy, peſtring their heads with the ſapleſs dotages of old Paris and Salamanca.
Claudio And ſhe is exceeding wiſe. Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee, […]
"More care!" said the old man in a shrill voice, […] there were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility.
Word Forms
- dotages
Synonyms for dotage
Depending on context, synonyms include senility.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include senility, senescence, senilism, aging, acrogeria, degenerescence.
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