senility

Language

English

Alternative forms

sinility

Etymology

From senile +‎ -ityCategory:English terms suffixed with -ity#SENILITY.

Pronunciation

Noun

senility (countable and uncountable, plural senilities)Category:English lemmas#SENILITY Category:English nouns#SENILITY Category:English uncountable nouns#SENILITY Category:English countable nouns#SENILITY Category:English countable nouns#SENILITY Category:English entries with incorrect language header#SENILITY Category:Pages with entries#SENILITY Category:Pages with 1 entry#SENILITY

(chiefly uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#SENILITY) The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
Antonyms: juvenescence, juvenility

Near-synonym: second childhood
(chiefly uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#SENILITY) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
Antonym: juvenility

He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.Category:English terms with usage examples#SENILITY
(countable Category:English countable nouns#SENILITY, archaic Category:English terms with archaic senses#SENILITY) An elderly, senile person.
Antonym: juvenileCategory:English links with manual fragments#SENILITY
- 1934 May, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, page 117:
  There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities.
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Derived terms

presenility

Related terms

senile (adjective)

Translations

the losing of memory and reason

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Breton: kabac'hded (br)Category:Terms with Breton translations#SENILITY
Bulgarian: сенилност (bg) f (senilnost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SENILITY, изкуфялост (bg) f (izkufjalost)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SENILITY
Catalan: senilitat fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#SENILITY
Chinese: 痴呆 (zh) (chidai)Category:Terms with Chinese translations#SENILITY
Dutch: seniliteit (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#SENILITY
Finnish: vanhuudenhöperyys (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SENILITY, seniiliys (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#SENILITY
French: sénilité (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#SENILITY
German: Senilität (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#SENILITY
Greek: γεροντική άνοια (el) f (gerontikí ánoia)Category:Terms with Greek translations#SENILITY
Italian: senilità (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#SENILITY
Japanese: 耄碌 (ja) (mōroku)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#SENILITY
Macedonian: изветреаност f (izvetreanost)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SENILITY, излапеност f (izlapenost)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SENILITY, сенилност f (senilnost)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#SENILITY
Plautdietsch: Ellaschwakheit fCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#SENILITY
Polish: starczość (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#SENILITY
Portuguese: senilidade (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#SENILITY
Romanian: senilitate (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#SENILITY
Russian: ста́рость (ru) f (stárostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SENILITY, дря́хлость (ru) f (drjáxlostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#SENILITY
Spanish: senilidad (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#SENILITY
Swedish: senilitet (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#SENILITY
Tausug: kalīananCategory:Terms with Tausug translations#SENILITY

an elderly, senile person

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Bulgarian: старец (bg) m (starec)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#SENILITY

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