senility

Plural: senilities

Noun

• Mental and physical infirmity resulting from old age.
• mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
• the state of being senile
• The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
• The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
• An elderly, senile person.

Examples

• A momentary ’SENILITY’ led him to miss an easy bingo on Words With Friends.
• He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.

Synonyms

dotage, second childhood

Antonyms

juvenescence, juvenile#Noun, juvenility

Related Words

senile