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senilities

senilities is the plural of senility.

Meaning of senility

Noun

senility (countable and uncountable, plural senilities)

  1. (uncountable) The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
    • Near-synonym: second childhood
  2. (uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
    • He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
    Antonyms:
    juvenility
  3. (archaic, countable) An elderly, senile person.
    • There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities.1934 May, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, page 117
    Antonyms:
    juvenile

Questions about senilities

What is senilities the plural of?
Senilities is the plural of senility.

Words near senilities in the dictionary

  1. senilise
  2. senilised
  3. senilises
  4. senilising
  5. senilism
  6. senilities
  7. senility
  8. senilize
  9. senilized
  10. senilizes
  11. senilizing

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