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单词 dotage
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(doʊtɪdʒ)
uncountable noun [usually poss NOUN]
If someone is in their dotage, they are very old and becoming weak.
Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee.
...spending his dotage in a riverside cottage.
Synonyms: old age, senility, advanced years, decrepitude More Synonyms of dotage

dotage in British English

(ˈdəʊtɪdʒ)
noun
1. 
a period of decreased mental functioning, esp as a result of old age
2. 
foolish infatuation
Word origin
C14: from dote + -age

dotage in American English

(ˈdoʊtɪdʒ)
noun
1. 
feeble and childish state due to old age; senility
2. 
a doting; foolish or excessive affection
Word origin
ME < doten, dote

Examples of 'dotage' in a sentence
dotage

`Even in his dotage, our beloved Professor Stevie still sits on the tenure committee.
Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS (2002)
Why waste money best spent in your prime, when you might not even live to see your dotage ?
James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2002)
He gets a bit over-protective, like I'm in my dotage or something.
Ruell, Patrick THE ONLY GAME (2002)
Aurora is nearly a woman and you must be nearing your dotage to even imagine such a thing!
Spellman, Cathy Cash PAINT THE WIND (2002)
(noun) 
Definition
feebleness of mind as a result of old age
He's spending his dotage in a riverside cottage.
Synonyms
old age
They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age.
senility
He was showing unmistakable signs of senility.
advanced years
decrepitude
the boundary between healthy middle age and total decrepitude
second childhood
eld (archaic)
elderliness
autumn or winter of your years
agedness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of decrepitude
the boundary between healthy middle age and total decrepitude
Synonyms
weakness,
old age,
incapacity,
wasting,
invalidity,
senility,
infirmity,
dotage,
debility,
feebleness,
eld (archaic)
in the sense of second childhood
Definition
the time in an old person's life when he or she starts to suffer from memory loss and confusion
Synonyms
senility,
Alzheimer's disease,
dotage,
caducity
in the sense of senility
He was showing unmistakable signs of senility.
Synonyms
dotage,
infirmity,
senescence,
caducity

Nearby words of
dotage

  • dose
  • dossier
  • dot
  • dotage
  • dote
  • doting
  • dotty

Synonyms of 'dotage'

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