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Noun: dotage  dow-tij
  1. Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
    "His family worried as he slipped into dotage";
    - second childhood, senility

Derived forms: dotages

Type of: age, eld, geezerhood [informal], old age, years

Encyclopedia: Dotage