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1. (adj.) senile
showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, esp. short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
2. senile
of or belonging to old age or aged persons; gerontological; geriatric.
3. senile
(of topography) having been leveled by peneplanation.
Etymology: (1655–65; < L senīlis of an old man, old =sen(ex) old man +-īlis -ile2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) doddering, doddery, gaga, senile
mentally or physically infirm with age
"his mother was doddering and frail"
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1. (adj) senile
of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness
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Sense: showing the feebleness or childishness of old age
a senile old woman.
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 Afrikaans: seniel |
 Arabic: هَرِم أو خَرِف |
 Bulgarian: изкуфял |
 Brazilian: senil |
 Czech: senilní |
 German: senil |
 Danish: senil |
 Greek: γεροξεκούτης, ξεμωραμένος |
 Spanish: senil |
 Estonian: seniilne |
 Farsi: مربوط به كهولت |
 Finnish: seniili |
 French: sénile |
 Hebrew: סֶנִילִי |
 Hindi: जरा, जराजन्य, जरासूचक |
 Croatian: podjetinjio, senilan |
 Hungarian: szenilis |
 Indonesian: uzur |
 Icelandic: ellihrumur/-ær |
 Italian: senile |
 Japanese: 老衰の |
 Korean: 노망한 |
 Lithuanian: nusenęs, iškaršęs |
 Latvian: senils; bērna prātā |
 Malay: nyanyuk |
 Dutch: seniel |
 Norwegian: senil |
 Polish: zgrzybiały, starczy |
 Persian: مربوط به كهولت |
 Pashto: بوډا، زوړ، شيخ فاني، له ك |
 Portuguese: senil |
 Romanian: senil |
 Russian: дряхлый; впавший в старче |
 Slovak: senilný |
 Slovenian: senilen |
 Serbian: senilan |
 Swedish: senil |
 Thai: จิตใจและร่างกายอ่อนแอลงเพ |
 Turkish: bunamış, bunak |
 Taiwanese: 衰老的，老糊塗的 |
 Ukrainian: старечий; старезний |
 Urdu: بڑھاپے کے آثار والا |
 Vietnamese: lão suy |
 Chinese: 老年的，衰老的 |
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