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dotage

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nounfeebleness, old age

Word Origin & History

"the state of one who dotes," c.1300; see dote + -age. Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for "senility."

Example Sentences for dotage

And was it not more than a good old man's dotage, God rest his soul!

Now I am getting into my dotage and look on the dark side of everything.

Have I reached my dotage by the way of the seven-league boots?

You sometimes hear people say, 'Yes, but he was in his dotage.'

England is no more in her dotage than America is in her nonage.

I never sold it to young men nor to ...

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Synonyms for dotage

noun feebleness, old age

decrepitude
fatuity
imbecility
infirmity
senility
weakness
advanced age
elderliness
second childhood
senectitude

Antonyms for dotage

strength
childhood
youngness
youth
youthfulness

More words related to dotage

age

noun. period of animate existence

adolescence
adulthood
boyhood
childhood
dotage
elderliness
girlhood
infancy
life
lifetime
majority
maturity
middle age
milestone
old age
senility
seniority
wear and tear
youth

ages

noun. period of animate existence

adolescence
adulthood
boyhood
childhood
dotage
elderliness
girlhood
infancy
life
lifetime
majority
maturity
middle age
milestone
old age
senility
seniority
wear and tear
youth

insaneness

noun. insanity

aberration
absurdity
alienation
brainsickness
craziness
delirium
delusion
dementia
derangement
distraction
disturbance
dotage
folly
frenzy
hallucination
hysteria
illusion
inanity
irrationality
irresponsibility
lunacy
madness
mania
mental disorder
mental illness
neurosis
phobia
preposterousness
psychopathy
psychosis
senselessness
unbalance
unreasonableness
witlessness

insanity

noun. mental illness; foolishness

aberration
absurdity
alienation
craziness
delirium
delusion
dementia
derangement
distraction
dotage
folly
frenzy
hallucination
hysteria
illusion
inanity
irrationality
irresponsibility
lunacy
madness
mania
mental disorder
neurosis
phobia
preposterousness
psychopathy
psychosis
senselessness
unbalance
unreasonableness
witlessness

old age

noun. period of being elderly

advancing years
age
agedness
autumn of life
caducity
debility
declining years
decrepitude
dotage
elderliness
evening of life
feebleness
geriatrics
golden age
golden years
infirmity
latter part of animate life
longevity
oldness
retirement age
second childhood
senectitude
senescence
senility
seniority
winter of life
years

psychopathy