Antonyms for dotage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : doh-tij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdoʊ tɪdʒ

Definition of dotage

Origin : "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."

noun feebleness, old age

Example sentences :

And was it not more than a good old man's dotage, God rest his soul!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Now I am getting into my dotage and look on the dark side of everything.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Have I reached my dotage by the way of the seven-league boots?
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

You sometimes hear people say, 'Yes, but he was in his dotage.'
Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland

England is no more in her dotage than America is in her nonage.
Extract from : « Canada and the Canadians » by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

I never sold it to young men nor to old men in their dotage.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

She is the last survivor of the quorum, and is now fast fading into dotage.
Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 » by Various

What will be our fate in the frenzy, so to speak, that shall befall the world in its dotage?
Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

But, no, no; Porthos is not yet an invalid, nor is Aramis in his dotage.
Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere

A shambling, stooping, trembling old man, in his dotage already.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

Synonyms for dotage

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