senile
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See also sénile
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Old French senile < Latin senilis (“‘of or belonging to an old man or old age’”) < Latin senex (“‘old; an old man’”) < Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“‘old’”).
[edit] Adjective
senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)
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- of, or relating to old age
- exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering
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[edit] Translations
exhibiting the deterioration in mind
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[edit] External links
- senile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- senile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
senile m and f (m and f plural senili)
