senile

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Especially if a person seems to go senile very quickly, check their vitamin B12!

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

She has no choice but to carry this pregnancy to term, surrounded by jealous novitiates, senile nuns, controlling male leadership and a secret sect of the sisterhood who wear crimson shrouds over their faces.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

There have always been eccentric, senile and downright simple-minded members of Congress.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

She entered hospice care in late December 2022 with senile degeneration of the brain and was treated with the anxiety drug lorazepam and morphine, a painkiller, according to the report.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2023

Somehow, incredibly, they all suddenly looked almost senile, feeble beyond belief.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols