DOTAGE n. A deterioration of mental faculties associated with aging. [Middle English, from doten, to dote.] dotage n 1. feebleness of mind, esp as a result of old age 2. foolish infatuation dot•age n. 1. a decline of mental faculties, esp. …
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1.
dotage - mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
second childhood, senility
eld, geezerhood, old age, years, age - a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine
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