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n. A person who is in his or her dotage.

n. An old person with impaired intellect; one in his or her dotage.

n. One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.

n. one who is in his dotage or second childhood; one whose intellect is impaired by age.

n. One who is foolishly fond; one who dotes.

n. An aged, decaying tree.

Doting; imbecile.

Decayed, as a tree

n. an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

"Lord Wellington is, for you, only a decayed old gentleman now: I rather think some of you have called him a 'dotard' - you have taunted him with his age, and the loss of his physical vigour."

old person    golden ager    senior citizen    oldster   

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