dotagen.

Brit.

/ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈdoʊdɪdʒ/

Forms: Middle English datage, Middle English– dotage, 1500s–1600s dottage, 1600s doatage, 1600s doutage.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.¹, dote n.¹, -age suffix.

Etymology: Partly < dote v.¹ + -age suffix, and partly < dote n.¹ + -age suffix.

a. The state of having impaired mental faculties; instability or incapacity of the mind. Now rare except as implied in sense 2a.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1425 Þenne a dotage ful depe drof to his hert.

a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) l. 478 in Minor Poems (1934) 156 I trowe he be fallen in a dotage [a1500 Lamb. 306 in Dotage].

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 66^v The absurde dotage of hym that thincketh there is no God.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. vii. 290 Hee had the reward of his dotage. for the Cretensians intercepted most part of his nauie.

1739 J. Keogh Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica 117 Persevering dotage is very dangerous, and presages the phrensy.

1978 R. Davies One-half R. Davies 263 He has his gift, and the Devil claims his price; Leverkühn goes mad and the last ten years of his life are spent in dotage.

b. A foolish or unsound thought, word, or action; a folly or absurdity. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > stupid deed, thought, etc.

sotheada1200

dotage1528

stupidity1594

sottery1598

dote1643

sottise1673

idiocy1822

jobbernowlism1824

noodledom1827

noodleism1829

crassitude1865

1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. B Deullysshe pages Full of suche dottages.

1636 W. Prynne Unbishoping of Timothy & Titus 116 This..is a notorious dotage and untruth.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 285 A specimen of these Rabbinical Dotages.

1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse xvi. 205 He began to collect so many thick ears from men whom he annoyed by putting salt in their coffee, spitting in their beer, and other dotages.

a. spec. The state of having impaired intellect or understanding in old age. In later use also more generally: old age.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > feebleness, senility

dotagec1405

dotardism1831

dotardage1859

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 44 The streem of lyf now droppeth on the chymbe..With olde folk, saue dotage is namoore.

a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 998 (MED) How with sorow and vnweldy age This Edippus fille into dotage, lost his wit.

1698 R. Ferguson View Ecclesiastick 122 And which considering my Years, as well as my Health and Vigour, may not, according to the Course of Nature, fall out before his, whose Dotage, and his being already twice a Child, proclaims him superannuated.

a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) I. 190 Some have been made ministers almost in the cradle: and the whole power of the government has been abandoned to others in the dotage of life.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 472 Now fast sinking into dotage.

1959 Times 19 Feb. 2/7 I..would welcome suggestions where my usefulness and experience might again be used before dotage overtakes me.

1994 Economist 13 Aug. 22/3 ‘Baby boomers’..could look forward to a generally comfortable dotage early next century.

2009 Women's Stud. Q. 37 iii. 175 She reminds me that being a parent is no guarantee that one will be taken care of during one's dotage and demise.

b. figurative and in extended use: decline, deterioration; the final period of something.In early use esp. of the world.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun]

damage1300

declinea1327

ebbc1400

mischange1561

dotage1606

failancea1627

fallback1830

downgrade1857

slide1884

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > state or condition

ebbc1400

decayc1460

witheredness1535

decadencec1550

autumn1590

fall1590

dotage1606

twilight1609

pejority1615

decadency1632

atrophy1653

effeteness1862

wallow1934

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part

eveningOE

enda1200

eventide?c1225

finea1350

tail1377

latter (last) enda1382

issue1484

latter day?1498

waning1561

last days1572

heel1584

sunsetting1593

fall1596

lag-end1598

posterior1598

sunset1599

dotage1606

exit1615

stern1623

waning timea1639

last1683

heel piecea1764

shank1828

tail-end1845

tailpiece1869

tag1882

teatime1913

end-point1921

1606 W. Smith Black-smith 32 It is but the error and blindnes of this olde world in her dotage, to giue the birth-right to the yonger.

1845 J. Dowling Hist. Romanism vi. 109 There is but little difference between the characteristic features of Popery..in the seventh century, and Popery in its dotage.

1938 Washington Post 13 Mar. m22 (caption) Mayflower in her dotage.

2013 Kenyon Rev. 35 iii. 151 The furnace was an oil burner in its dotage, and the amount of heat..was paltry.

a. Foolish or excessive fondness; infatuation; the action or fact of doting on or upon someone.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun]

dotagea1450

doting1477

fondness1566

overfondness1656

weakness1712

engouement1847

a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 7722 She ganne so nye fall wyth hym in dotage.

c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Envoy to Bukton (Fairf. 16) (1879) l. 8 I dar not writen of hyt [sc. mariage] noo wikkednesse Leste y my-self falle eft in swich dotage.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 59/1 For a litle wanton dotage vppon her parson.

1750 Adventures Mr. Loveill I. 171 An old man's dotage had carried his passions to that length for this happy boy, that he was not only generous but profuse in his liberality to him.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. xiv. 57 Oh! that this dotage of his breast would cease!

1985 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 12 July a4/4 Britain's dotage upon Princess Diana only slightly overshadows its awed fascination with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

2001 Renaissance Q. 54 1542 Sir Alexander's nearly hysterical explanation of his objections to his son's dotage on Moll.

†b. An object of affection; a person or thing which is doted upon or regarded with extreme fondness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > person or thing regarded with

dotage1609

idola1616

doting piece1733

1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. C3 He was his fathers dotage, and his mothers darling.

1662 A. Cokayne Trag. Ovid i. iii. 14 in Poems You shall..Become Jove's Dotage and be Queen of Heaven.

1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 49 He loved that gay pavilion,—it was ever His summer dotage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dotage
释义	dotagen. Brit. /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈdoʊdɪdʒ/ Forms: Middle English datage, Middle English– dotage, 1500s–1600s dottage, 1600s doatage, 1600s doutage. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.¹, dote n.¹, -age suffix. Etymology: Partly < dote v.¹ + -age suffix, and partly < dote n.¹ + -age suffix. 1. a. The state of having impaired mental faculties; instability or incapacity of the mind. Now rare except as implied in sense 2a. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1425 Þenne a dotage ful depe drof to his hert. a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) l. 478 in Minor Poems (1934) 156 I trowe he be fallen in a dotage [a1500 Lamb. 306 in Dotage]. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 66^v The absurde dotage of hym that thincketh there is no God. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. vii. 290 Hee had the reward of his dotage. for the Cretensians intercepted most part of his nauie. 1739 J. Keogh Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica 117 Persevering dotage is very dangerous, and presages the phrensy. 1978 R. Davies One-half R. Davies 263 He has his gift, and the Devil claims his price; Leverkühn goes mad and the last ten years of his life are spent in dotage. b. A foolish or unsound thought, word, or action; a folly or absurdity. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > stupid deed, thought, etc. sotheada1200 dotage1528 stupidity1594 sottery1598 dote1643 sottise1673 idiocy1822 jobbernowlism1824 noodledom1827 noodleism1829 crassitude1865 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. B Deullysshe pages Full of suche dottages. 1636 W. Prynne Unbishoping of Timothy & Titus 116 This..is a notorious dotage and untruth. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 285 A specimen of these Rabbinical Dotages. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse xvi. 205 He began to collect so many thick ears from men whom he annoyed by putting salt in their coffee, spitting in their beer, and other dotages. 2. a. spec. The state of having impaired intellect or understanding in old age. In later use also more generally: old age. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > feebleness, senility dotagec1405 dotardism1831 dotardage1859 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 44 The streem of lyf now droppeth on the chymbe..With olde folk, saue dotage is namoore. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 998 (MED) How with sorow and vnweldy age This Edippus fille into dotage, lost his wit. 1698 R. Ferguson View Ecclesiastick 122 And which considering my Years, as well as my Health and Vigour, may not, according to the Course of Nature, fall out before his, whose Dotage, and his being already twice a Child, proclaims him superannuated. a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) I. 190 Some have been made ministers almost in the cradle: and the whole power of the government has been abandoned to others in the dotage of life. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 472 Now fast sinking into dotage. 1959 Times 19 Feb. 2/7 I..would welcome suggestions where my usefulness and experience might again be used before dotage overtakes me. 1994 Economist 13 Aug. 22/3 ‘Baby boomers’..could look forward to a generally comfortable dotage early next century. 2009 Women's Stud. Q. 37 iii. 175 She reminds me that being a parent is no guarantee that one will be taken care of during one's dotage and demise. b. figurative and in extended use: decline, deterioration; the final period of something.In early use esp. of the world. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] damage1300 declinea1327 ebbc1400 mischange1561 dotage1606 failancea1627 fallback1830 downgrade1857 slide1884 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > state or condition ebbc1400 decayc1460 witheredness1535 decadencec1550 autumn1590 fall1590 dotage1606 twilight1609 pejority1615 decadency1632 atrophy1653 effeteness1862 wallow1934 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the latter part eveningOE enda1200 eventide?c1225 finea1350 tail1377 latter (last) enda1382 issue1484 latter day?1498 waning1561 last days1572 heel1584 sunsetting1593 fall1596 lag-end1598 posterior1598 sunset1599 dotage1606 exit1615 stern1623 waning timea1639 last1683 heel piecea1764 shank1828 tail-end1845 tailpiece1869 tag1882 teatime1913 end-point1921 1606 W. Smith Black-smith 32 It is but the error and blindnes of this olde world in her dotage, to giue the birth-right to the yonger. 1845 J. Dowling Hist. Romanism vi. 109 There is but little difference between the characteristic features of Popery..in the seventh century, and Popery in its dotage. 1938 Washington Post 13 Mar. m22 (caption) Mayflower in her dotage. 2013 Kenyon Rev. 35 iii. 151 The furnace was an oil burner in its dotage, and the amount of heat..was paltry. 3. a. Foolish or excessive fondness; infatuation; the action or fact of doting on or upon someone. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] dotagea1450 doting1477 fondness1566 overfondness1656 weakness1712 engouement1847 a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 7722 She ganne so nye fall wyth hym in dotage. c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Envoy to Bukton (Fairf. 16) (1879) l. 8 I dar not writen of hyt [sc. mariage] noo wikkednesse Leste y my-self falle eft in swich dotage. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 59/1 For a litle wanton dotage vppon her parson. 1750 Adventures Mr. Loveill I. 171 An old man's dotage had carried his passions to that length for this happy boy, that he was not only generous but profuse in his liberality to him. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. xiv. 57 Oh! that this dotage of his breast would cease! 1985 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 12 July a4/4 Britain's dotage upon Princess Diana only slightly overshadows its awed fascination with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. 2001 Renaissance Q. 54 1542 Sir Alexander's nearly hysterical explanation of his objections to his son's dotage on Moll. †b. An object of affection; a person or thing which is doted upon or regarded with extreme fondness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > person or thing regarded with dotage1609 idola1616 doting piece1733 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. C3 He was his fathers dotage, and his mothers darling. 1662 A. Cokayne Trag. Ovid i. iii. 14 in Poems You shall..Become Jove's Dotage and be Queen of Heaven. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 49 He loved that gay pavilion,—it was ever His summer dotage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400
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