Definition of senile
1
: of, relating to, exhibiting, or characteristic of old age
senile weakness
especially
: exhibiting a loss of cognitive abilities (such as memory) associated with old age
2
: approaching the end of a geologic cycle of erosion
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The first known use of senile was in 1661
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