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anility|əˈnɪlɪtɪ|
[ad. L. anīlitāt-em, f. anīlis: see anile and -ity.]
The state of being an old woman; old-womanishness; dotage, foolishness. Fig. used more contemptuously than senility.
1623Cockeram, Anility, Dotage. 1760Sterne Serm. III. 277 This reformation..perfected and handed down, if not ‘entirely without spot or wrinkle,’ at least without great blotches or marks of anility! 1765Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 189 Youth can never be anility, nor beauty become ugliness. 1841Blackw. Mag. L. 206 The fopperies and anilities of fashion. 1863Macm. Mag. May 62 Müller..treats as an exploded anility the belief in Hebrew as the primitive language. |