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Grammar : Noun
Spell : si-nil-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈnɪl ɪ ti



Definition of senility

Origin :
  • 1753, from senile + -ity.
  • noun old age
  • noun feebleness in old age
Example sentences :
  • Not of age—merely of time; for here was no senility, no quavering or fretful lines.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "Glad your senility has not affected that remnant of your common-sense," he declared.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Is it a sign of senility, or half-thought-out ideas, or what?
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • There's a similar touch of ineptitude (senility, perhaps) in the Memorabilia, ad fin.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • And this is the man they accuse of senility and weak intellect!
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • The moss of senility is covering the bloom of youth and the honor of youth.
  • Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller
  • Men called him Paulus Atropus, and bore with his senility for sake of what he had been.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • Most lovers are alike in this—in youth, in middle age, in senility.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of an Old Fool » by Roswell Field
  • Also, why this new pose, this cheap championship of senility?
  • Extract from : « The Gentle Art of Making Enemies » by James McNeill Whistler
  • It is like the evidence of senility in some grand statesman who has outlived his vigour.
  • Extract from : « The Tapestry Book » by Helen Churchill Candee

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