senility

English

Alternative forms

• sinility

Etymology

senile +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈnɪlɪti/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

Noun

senility (countable and uncountable, plural senilities)

1. (chiefly uncountable) Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
2. (chiefly 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.
   • 1934 May, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, page 117:

     There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities.

Antonyms

• juvenility

Related terms

• senile

Translations

the losing of memory and reason

• Breton: kabac'hded (br)
• Bulgarian: сенилност (bg) f (senilnost), изкуфялост (bg) f (izkufjalost)
• Catalan: senilitat f
• Chinese: 痴呆 (zh) (chidai)
• French: sénilité (fr)
• German: Senilität (de) f
• Greek: γεροντική άνοια f (gerontikí ánoia)
• Japanese: 耄碌 (ja) (mōroku)
• Macedonian: изветреаност f (izvetreanost), излапеност f (izlapenost), сенилност f (senilnost)
• Plautdietsch: Ellaschwakheit f
• Polish: starczość (pl) f
• Portuguese: senilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: senilitate (ro) f
• Russian: ста́рость (ru) f (stárostʹ), дря́хлость (ru) f (drjáxlostʹ)
• Spanish: senilidad (es) f
• Swedish: senilitet (sv) c
• Tausug: kalīanan

an elderly, senile person

• Bulgarian: старец (bg) m (starec)