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
- <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
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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
se·nil·i·ty
noun \si-ˈnil-ət-ē also se-\ (Medical Dictionary)plural ; se·nil·i·ties
Medical Definition of SENILITY
: the quality or state of being senile; specifically : the physical and mental infirmity of old age
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