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Webster 1913 Edition
Dotage
1.
Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility;
as, a venerable man, now in his
. dotage
Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the
dotage
of Greek literature. Macaulay.
2.
Foolish utterance; drivel.
The sapless
dotages
of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.
3.
Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
The
dotage
of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dotage
DOTAGE
,Noun.
1.
Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age, childishness of old age; as a venerable man now in his dotage.2.
A doting; excessive fondness.3.
Deliriousness. [See the verb, to dote.]