Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being senile; old age; especially, the weakness or imbecility of old age.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being senile; old age.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable Senescence; the
bodily andmental deterioration associated withold age . - noun uncountable The losing of
memory andreason due tosenescence . - noun countable, archaic An
elderly ,senile person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being senile
- noun mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
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Examples
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Many people greatly misuse the word senility when wanting to convey the idea that the aged individual that they are referring to has memory loss, confusion etc., when the appropriate word is dementia.
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Conversely, much not all—there are biological factors involved of what we call senility is a fatal end-stage form of psychological and spiritual immaturity.
THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987
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Conversely, much not all—there are biological factors involved of what we call senility is a fatal end-stage form of psychological and spiritual immaturity.
THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987
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Ah well as Forrest might say senility is as senility does.
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If senility is beginning to cloud your judgement, refrain from public forums. ready99
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Replace and repeal ain't gonna happen but apperantly senility is stop the nonsense
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He was never one to act in senility or say things which caused us to doubt his senses.
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He was never one to act in senility or say things which caused us to doubt his senses.
A Spiritual Question From An Atheist « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Later he took up the study of the flora of the human intestine and developed a theory that senility is due to poisoning of the body by the products of certain of these bacteria.
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And I think that's what years ago we referred to as senility or someone's losing their memory.
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