dotage


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Synonyms for dotage

old age

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Synonyms for dotage

the condition of being senile

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Synonyms for dotage

mental infirmity as a consequence of old age

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The insignificant testament, the last dotage of a decrepit grand art falling back into infancy before it dies.
He said this with such evident surprise that I was perplexed what answer to make, and the more so because coupled with something feeble and wandering in his manner, there were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility.
To remind'; and passed the intervening period in a state of dotage.
They have paid a lifetime's worth of taxes on the premise that they would be able to enjoy a range of benefits in their dotage.
Even in its dotage, it remains a hissing, spitting, scratching ball of fury.
Who will they remember in their dotage? Some vlogger or a wrestling promoter turned president?
Yet he treasured the mart's capacity for generating and retaining friendships, and even in his dotage he insisted on keeping a close eye on things as company chairman.
I will make you laugh and cry and look forward to your own dotage. .
"It is a great opportunity for me in my dotage, cast in a main role in a professional music theatre piece after years in Tip Top and Theatre in the Quarter shows in small unpaid roles.
This is something they will rue as Wales plummet down the FIFA rankings, of course, if they live long enough, as most of them are in their dotage. When I heard he was favourite for the Stoke job, I thought, "great, it will keep him away from Wales", but to my and many other long-term supporters' great dismay, as with any other job he has applied for, he did not get it.
Bush-who, in his dotage, has been accused by seven women of patting them below the waist while posing for photos with them!
The 6-3 6-1 6-4 victory continues Federer's magnificent season in what should be his tennis dotage, but even the most ardent of the Swiss' fans and there were many packed into Centre Court - did not want the final to play out like this.