英语词汇“dotage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	dotage
释义	Trends of dotage View usage for: dotage (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) in the sense of old age 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' dotage Explore 'dotage' in the dictionary
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