n. Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
n. Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
n. foolish utterance; drivel
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility.
n. Foolish utterance; drivel.
n. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of one who dotes; feebleness or imbecility of mind in old age; second childhood; senility.
n. Weak and foolish affection; excessive fondness.
n. The folly imagined by one who is foolish and doting.
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n. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
Word Usage
"He "doesn't give a bollocks" about hitting 60 his age at the time of recording the album, 58 ½, features prominently on the album cover artwork and feels more content in what he calls his "dotage" than in pretty much any period of his life."