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Antonyms for senile

Grammar : Adj
Spell : see-nahyl, -nil, sen-ahyl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi naɪl, -nɪl, ˈsɛn aɪl


Definition of senile

Origin :
  • 1660s, "suited to old age," from French sénile (16c.), from Latin senilis "of old age," from senex (genitive senis) "old, old man," from PIE root *sen- "old" (cf. Sanskrit sanah "old;" Avestan hana- "old;" Old Persian hanata- "old age, lapse of time;" Armenian hin "old;" Greek enos "old, of last year;" Lithuanian senas "old," senis "an old man;" Gothic sineigs "old" (used only of persons), sinistra "elder, senior;" Old Norse sina "dry standing grass from the previous year;" Old Irish sen, Old Welsh hen "old"). Meaning "weak or infirm from age" is first attested 1848.
  • adj failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age
Example sentences :
  • Infantile paradoxy is, however, very different to senile paradoxy.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The hunger that possessed her made her wag her head as if senile.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • His father-in-law was paralyzed and his aunt-in-law was senile.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • "I've not been as idle as Tode thinks," said Parrish, with a senile leer.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Her old husband, too, overheard it, and took snuff with a senile chuckle.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • She resented this indignantly; felt that they regarded her as senile.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • Otherwise Bach would be dead; Beethoven, middle-aged; Mozart, senile.
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • It is too depressing, these vagaries, these senile ramblings of a superannuated musician.
  • Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
  • The latter, with a senile and pleased chuckle, tapped him on the chest.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • He paused a moment to control his senile anger and then went quavering on.
  • Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett

Synonyms for senile

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