dotage
51dot·age — /ˈdoʊtıʤ/ noun [noncount] : the period of old age : the time when a person is old and often less able to remember or do things often used after in or into He has become friendlier in his dotage. The actress continued to work well into her dotage …
52second childhood — {n. phr.} Senility; dotage. * / Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table, my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food all over the place./ …
53second childhood — {n. phr.} Senility; dotage. * / Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table, my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food all over the place./ …
54Anility — A*nil i*ty, n. [L. anilitas. See {Anile}.] The state of being and old woman; old womanishness; dotage. Marks of anility. Sterne. [1913 Webster] …
55Dotary — Do ta*ry, n. A dotard s weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] …
56Garrulous — Gar ru*lous, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. [1913 Webster] The most garrulous people on earth …
57Garrulously — Garrulous Gar ru*lous, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. [1913 Webster] The most garrulous people …
58Garrulousness — Garrulous Gar ru*lous, a. [L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. ? voice, ? to speak, sing. Cf. {Call}.] 1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. [1913 Webster] The most garrulous people …
59dotard — noun Date: 14th century a person in his or her dotage …
60dote — intransitive verb (doted; doting) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German dotten to be foolish Date: 13th century 1. to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age ; be in one s dotage 2. to be lavish or excessive in one s… …
