senility
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Senility is a joy ride in the exultant, London-born revival of Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties,” which opened on Tuesday night at the American Airlines Theater.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2018
Senility is not pending, but familiarity certainly is, as rock's raffishness gets currycombed by nostalgia, spiffed up and repackaged for more genteel consumption.
From Time Magazine Archive
Senility in older people was believed to be due to something else, like hardening of the arteries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Senility is probably the most dreaded of all debilities, yet only about 15% of those over 65 suffer serious mental impairment.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is written that the old shall keep to the comfort of their beds! second priest: It’s a bad habit, beloved friend, this wandering about at night when monsters prowl. third priest: Senility.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Vocabulary lists containing senility
"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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