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dotage [doh-tij] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for dotage on Thesaurus.com noun
- a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
- excessive fondness; foolish affection.
Origin of dotage Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at dote, -age Related Words for dotage fatuity, senility, weakness, decrepitude, imbecility, infirmity, senectitude Examples from the Web for dotage Contemporary Examples of dotage
Being politically astute, even in her dotage, Baroness Thatcher was aware what contention that could create.
Margaret Thatcher, Divisive Even in Death
Peter Jukes
April 12, 2013
Historical Examples of dotage
And was it not more than a good old man’s dotage, God rest his soul!
Samuel Richardson
Now I am getting into my dotage and look on the dark side of everything.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Have I reached my dotage by the way of the seven-league boots?
Harold MacGrath
You sometimes hear people say, ‘Yes, but he was in his dotage.’
Hamlin Garland
England is no more in her dotage than America is in her nonage.
Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
British Dictionary definitions for dotage dotage noun
- feebleness of mind, esp as a result of old age
- foolish infatuation
Word Origin for dotage C14: from dote + -age Word Origin and History for dotage n.
“the state of one who dotes,” c.1300; see dote + -age. Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for “senility.”
dotage in Medicine dotage [dō′tĭj] n.
- The loss of previously intact mental powers; senility.anility