senility

se·nil·i·ty

noun \si-ˈni-lə-tē also se-\

Definition of SENILITY

: the quality or state of being senile; specifically : the physical and mental infirmity of old age

Examples of SENILITY

1. <with his increasing senility, Granddad is beginning to have more and more senior moments>

First Known Use of SENILITY

1791

Related to SENILITY

Synonyms: caducity, second childhood, dotage

Related Words: anility; decrepitude, feebleness, infirmity; geezerhood, senectitude, senescence

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Rhymes with SENILITY

ability, agility, anility, civility, debility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, gracility, hostility, humility, lability, mobility, motility, nobility, nubility, scurrility, sectility, servility, stability, sterility, suability, tactility, utility, vagility, virility