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[ si-nil-i-tee ] / sɪˈnɪl ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR senility ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age. Origin of senilityFirst recorded in 1770–80; senile + -ity Words nearby senilitysenile psychosis, senile retinoschisis, senile tremor, senile vaginitis, senilism, senility, senior, senior aircraftman, senior airman, senior chief petty officer, senior citizen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for senilityWhether it was actual ignorance, senility, or some obscure test, it's hard to know. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST With senility's fingers at his throat, it was clear that no more movies were going to be made. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Adrift in senility and depression, Hitchcock is dismantling his life, putting it away. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Like senility, there is no way to stop sebaceous hyperplasia from advancing, either. My Odyssey Into Extreme Dermatology|Elizabeth Hayt|April 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
His garments, in an advanced state of senility, exuded cinders at every pore. Most lovers are alike in this—in youth, in middle age, in senility. The Romance of an Old Fool|Roswell Field It is not the tragedy of senility which his extreme age pictures, nor yet the hump upon his back, which stirs my note of pain. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches|Ruth McEnery Stuart The moss of senility is covering the bloom of youth and the honor of youth. 'Charge It'|Irving Bacheller But the hallucinations which he nourished about himself were not all the outcome of senility. Jerome Cardan|William George Waters
Words related to senilityfeebleness, decline, age, dotage, senescence, decrepitude, senectitude, anility, second childhood, caducity, old age Medical definitions for senility
n.The state of being senile. The mental and physical deterioration characteristic of old age. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |