senileadj.

Brit.

/ˈsiːnʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈsiˌnaɪl/,

/ˈsɛˌnaɪl/

Etymology: < Latin senīlis, < sen-em , senex old man: see -ile suffix. Compare French sénile (16th cent.).

a. Belonging to, suited for or incident to old age. Now only of diseases, etc.: Peculiar to the aged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of

oldOE

aged1561

grey-headed1581

frosty1592

grey1602

veneral1631

senile1661

venerable1726

gerontic1885

post-reproductive1900

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > peculiar to old age

senile1866

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. To Rdr. 2 A Person in whom Nature, Education, and Time have happily Match'd a Senile Maturity of Judgement with a Youthfull Vigour of Phansie.

1797 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 192 To exchange the roar and tumult of bulls and bears, for the prattle of my grand-children and senile rest.

1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 197 The form of emphysema distinguished as atrophous, or senile.

1874 H. Maudsley Respons. in Mental Dis. iii. 83 Senile insanity.

1875 B. W. Richardson Dis. Mod. Life 108 There is local death, or what is called senile gangrene.

b. Pathology senile dementia n. a severe form of senile deterioration, in which loss of memory, disorientation in time and space, and inability to cope with everyday life are strongly marked. Hence senile dement n. one who suffers from this. Cf. dementia n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > psychogeriatric illness > senile dementia

anility1623

senile dementia1851

presenility1900

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > psychogeriatric illness > senile dementia > person

senile dement1948

1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 259/2 Dementia...Senile Insanity, Insanity of the aged, a form moral insanity, in which the whole moral character of the individual is changed.]

1851 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 8) 276/1 Senile dementia, Insanity of the aged, a form of moral insanity, in which the whole moral character of the individual is changed.

1902 A. R. Diefendorf tr. E. Kraepelin Clin. Psychiatry viii. 273 Senile dementia includes those forms of mental disease appearing in the period of involution.

1948 W. A. O'Connor Psychiatry xii. 269 The senile dement exhibits to a profound degree the characteristic failings of the deteriorated senile person.

1954 W. Mayer-Gross et al. Clin. Psychiatry xi. 482 The two pictures of senile dementia and normal ageing are qualitatively different and must be distinguished.

1976 Scotsman 20 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 3/4 Laing comments on this: ‘I am sure he was not suffering from senile dementia, nor was it a slip of the pen.’

2. Exhibiting the weakness of old age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > decrepit or senile

decrepit?a1500

wintry1579

superannated1605

superannate1608

superannuated1616

superannuate1647

doitereda1790

doitering1828

rickety1841

senile1847

nodded1887

geriatric1968

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > weak with age

swaca1325

decrepit?a1500

unstithec1540

senile1847

arthritic1961

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xx. 174 Dobbin was not a little affected by the sight of this once kind old friend,..raving with senile anger.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 73 Your snaky Vivien, and your senile Merlin.

1902 ‘G. F. Monkshood’ & G. Gamble R. Kipling (ed. 3) 289 Certain supposedly effective ships of battle are senile, and others are yet unborn.

3. Physical Geography. Approaching the end of a cycle of erosion.

ΚΠ

1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Senile stream,..a stream whose valley is reduced so nearly to base level that its longitudinal profile is flat and its current feeble. Senile topography,..the configuration of land which prolonged degradation has reduced nearly to a base-level plain.

Derivatives

ˈsenilely adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adverb] > decrepit or senile

senilely1898

1898 Punch 2 July 309/2 Yet he never whineth, he'll senilely say.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	senile
释义	senilen. Brit. /ˈsiːnʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈsiˌnaɪl/, /ˈsɛˌnaɪl/ Etymology: < senile adj. An aged person; one who exhibits the weakness or diseases of old age. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders associated with age > [noun] > of old age > person senile1938 1938 N. Cameron in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. LI. 664 The seniles..exhibited..the loose cluster-form of organization (asyndesis). 1962 Lancet 8 Dec. 1212/2 Of every 100 potential long-stay male patients, 30 were schizophrenics, 21 seniles, and 12 manic-depressives. 1981 J. B. Hilton Playground of Death v. 67 The old girl was well into her eighties... You never know where you stand with these so-called seniles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). senileadj. Brit. /ˈsiːnʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈsiˌnaɪl/, /ˈsɛˌnaɪl/ Etymology: < Latin senīlis, < sen-em , senex old man: see -ile suffix. Compare French sénile (16th cent.). 1. a. Belonging to, suited for or incident to old age. Now only of diseases, etc.: Peculiar to the aged. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of oldOE aged1561 grey-headed1581 frosty1592 grey1602 veneral1631 senile1661 venerable1726 gerontic1885 post-reproductive1900 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > peculiar to old age senile1866 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. To Rdr. 2 A Person in whom Nature, Education, and Time have happily Match'd a Senile Maturity of Judgement with a Youthfull Vigour of Phansie. 1797 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 192 To exchange the roar and tumult of bulls and bears, for the prattle of my grand-children and senile rest. 1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 197 The form of emphysema distinguished as atrophous, or senile. 1874 H. Maudsley Respons. in Mental Dis. iii. 83 Senile insanity. 1875 B. W. Richardson Dis. Mod. Life 108 There is local death, or what is called senile gangrene. b. Pathology senile dementia n. a severe form of senile deterioration, in which loss of memory, disorientation in time and space, and inability to cope with everyday life are strongly marked. Hence senile dement n. one who suffers from this. Cf. dementia n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > psychogeriatric illness > senile dementia anility1623 senile dementia1851 presenility1900 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > psychogeriatric illness > senile dementia > person senile dement1948 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 259/2 Dementia...Senile Insanity, Insanity of the aged, a form moral insanity, in which the whole moral character of the individual is changed.] 1851 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 8) 276/1 Senile dementia, Insanity of the aged, a form of moral insanity, in which the whole moral character of the individual is changed. 1902 A. R. Diefendorf tr. E. Kraepelin Clin. Psychiatry viii. 273 Senile dementia includes those forms of mental disease appearing in the period of involution. 1948 W. A. O'Connor Psychiatry xii. 269 The senile dement exhibits to a profound degree the characteristic failings of the deteriorated senile person. 1954 W. Mayer-Gross et al. Clin. Psychiatry xi. 482 The two pictures of senile dementia and normal ageing are qualitatively different and must be distinguished. 1976 Scotsman 20 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 3/4 Laing comments on this: ‘I am sure he was not suffering from senile dementia, nor was it a slip of the pen.’ 2. Exhibiting the weakness of old age. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > decrepit or senile decrepit?a1500 wintry1579 superannated1605 superannate1608 superannuated1616 superannuate1647 doitereda1790 doitering1828 rickety1841 senile1847 nodded1887 geriatric1968 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > weak with age swaca1325 decrepit?a1500 unstithec1540 senile1847 arthritic1961 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xx. 174 Dobbin was not a little affected by the sight of this once kind old friend,..raving with senile anger. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. iii. 73 Your snaky Vivien, and your senile Merlin. 1902 ‘G. F. Monkshood’ & G. Gamble R. Kipling (ed. 3) 289 Certain supposedly effective ships of battle are senile, and others are yet unborn. 3. Physical Geography. Approaching the end of a cycle of erosion. ΚΠ 1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Senile stream,..a stream whose valley is reduced so nearly to base level that its longitudinal profile is flat and its current feeble. Senile topography,..the configuration of land which prolonged degradation has reduced nearly to a base-level plain. Derivatives ˈsenilely adv. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adverb] > decrepit or senile senilely1898 1898 Punch 2 July 309/2 Yet he never whineth, he'll senilely say. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938adj.1661
随便看	overhead overhead cam overhead camshaft overhead projector overhead transparency overhead valve overheadiness overheads overheady overheal overhealer overheap overheaped overheaping overheaps overhear overheard overhearer overhearing overhears overheat overheated overheating overheats overheave

senilen.

senileadj.

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