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Dotage
//ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ// noun
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Noun
- 1 Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility. countable, uncountable
""More care!" said the old man in a shrill voice, […] there were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility."
- 2 mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations wordnet
- 3 Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree. countable, uncountable
"Claudio And ſhe is exceeding wiſe. Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee, […]"
- 4 Foolish utterance(s); drivel. countable, uncountable
"No leſs are they out of the way in Philoſophy, peſtring their heads with the ſapleſs dotages of old Paris and Salamanca."
Etymology
From Middle English dotage, from doten (“to dote”) + -age; equivalent to dote + -age.
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