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Webster 1913 Edition


Senility

Se-nil′i-ty

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
sénilité
.]
The quality or state of being senile; old age.

Webster 1828 Edition


Senility

SENIL'ITY

,
Noun.
Old age. [Not much used.]

Definition 2024


senility

senility

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senility (countable and uncountable, plural senilities)

  1. (uncountable) Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
  2. (uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
    He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
  3. (countable, archaic) An elderly, senile person.

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