Dotage Definition

dōtĭj
noun
Feeble and childish state due to old age; senility.
Webster's New World
A deterioration of mental faculties associated with aging.
American Heritage Medicine
A doting; foolish or excessive affection.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Dotage

Noun

Singular:
dotage
Plural:
dotages

Origin of Dotage

  • Middle English from doten to dote

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English from doten to dote

    From Wiktionary

Dotage Sentence Examples

  • Edward was now sinking into his dotage.

  • In fact, in the last years of his reign he had sunk into a perfect dotage.

  • When in 1867 he attempted to head a rising, he was captured and condemned to death, but spared on the ground that he was in his dotage.

  • M Blot, with a view of showing that his theological writings were the productions of his dotage, has fixed their date between 1712 and 1719.

  • The contemptuously respectful attitude of the younger men to the old man in his dotage was expressed in the highest degree by the behavior of Chichagov, who knew of the accusations that were being directed against Kutuzov.

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Words Starting With

DDODOT

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

Starts With D & Ends With EStarts With DO & Ends With EStarts With D & Ends With GE

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With E