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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotage.wav Forms: dotages [plural]
Etymology: From dote + -age, from Middle English doten (“to dote”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dote|age}} dote + -age, {{der|en|enm|doten||to dote}} Middle English doten (“to dote”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dotage (countable and uncountable, plural dotages)
  1. Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (loss of mental acuity associated with aging): second childhood Translations (senility): изкуфяване (izkufjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), сенилност (senilnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 老耄 (lǎomào) (Chinese Mandarin), 老迷糊 (lǎo míhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 失智症 (shīzhìzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), senilnost [feminine] (Czech), seniliteit (Dutch), dementie (Dutch), vanhuudenhöperöys (Finnish), débilité sénile [feminine] (French), sénilité [feminine] (French), senilidade [feminine] (Galician), Senilität [feminine] (German), Altersschwäche [feminine] (German), ξεμώραμα (xemórama) [neuter] (Greek), παλιμπαιδισμός (palimpaidismós) [masculine] (Greek), időskor (Hungarian), öregkor (Hungarian), vénség (Hungarian), szenilitás (Hungarian), elgyengülés (alt: szellemi (literally “mental”)) (Hungarian), leépülés (Hungarian), leépültség (Hungarian), elgyengültség (Hungarian), gyengeség (Hungarian), 耄碌 (mōroku) (alt: もうろく) (Japanese), もうろく (mōroku) (Japanese), 認知症 (ninchishō) (alt: にんちしょう) (Japanese), pēperekōutanga (Maori), зөнөглөх (zönöglöx) (Mongolian), Ellaschwakheit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), zdziecinnienie [neuter] (Polish), ста́рческое слабоу́мие (stárčeskoje slaboúmije) [neuter] (Russian), ста́рческий мара́зм (stárčeskij marázm) [masculine] (Russian), senilidad (Spanish), chochez [feminine] (Spanish), ihtiyarlık [singular] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dotage-en-noun-AFUXY2kX Disambiguation of 'loss of mental acuity associated with aging': 91 2 7 Disambiguation of 'senility': 96 1 3
  2. Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Love
    Sense id: en-dotage-en-noun-SKfjt0F6 Disambiguation of Love: 17 56 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 74 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 28 57 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 80 11 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 5 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 9 18 6 22 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 19 4 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 19 2 29 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 56 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 14 60 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 57 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 69 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 57 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 71 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 56 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 77 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 63 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 57 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 12 67 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 4 86 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 54 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 80 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 79 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 58 29
  3. Foolish utterance(s); drivel. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dotage-en-noun-ycleeKP2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anecdotage, sacerdotage

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /dɔːˈtaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈdɔːtad͡ʒ(ə)/
Etymology: From doten + -age. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|doten|-age}} doten + -age Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} dotage, {{enm-noun|-}} dotage (uncountable), {{tlb|enm|Late ME}} (Late Middle English)
  1. Behaviour that is stupid or ill-advised; ridiculousness or insanity:
    Ill-thought or fatuitous love or romantic feelings.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, uncountable Categories (topical): Love, Mind, People
    Sense id: en-dotage-enm-noun-TTwkcF7t Disambiguation of Love: 49 27 24 Disambiguation of Mind: 44 54 3 Disambiguation of People: 86 5 9 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 5 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 9 18 6 22 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 19 4 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 19 2 29 29 19
  2. Behaviour that is stupid or ill-advised; ridiculousness or insanity:
    Weakening of the mind due to age; dotage.
    Tags: Late-Middle-English, uncountable Categories (topical): Age, Mind
    Sense id: en-dotage-enm-noun-K4Bw8sDf Disambiguation of Age: 25 73 3 Disambiguation of Mind: 44 54 3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 5 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 9 18 6 22 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 19 4 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 19 2 29 29 19
  3. Disintegration, rotting, or collapsing. Tags: Late-Middle-English, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dotage-enm-noun-0qTg9kwY Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 16 9 13 19 19 25 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 5 26 26 20 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 9 18 6 22 22 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 19 4 27 27 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 19 2 29 29 19

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"More care!\" said the old man. […] 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.",
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          "ref": "1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 108, column 2:",
          "text": "Claudio. And ſhe is exceeding wiſe.\nPrince. In euery thing, but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee,",
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          "text": "the ſapleſs dotages of old Paris and Salamanca.",
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          "insanity",
          "insanity"
        ],
        [
          "fatuitous",
          "fatuitous"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Behaviour that is stupid or ill-advised; ridiculousness or insanity:",
        "Weakening of the mind due to age; dotage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ridiculousness",
          "ridiculousness"
        ],
        [
          "insanity",
          "insanity"
        ],
        [
          "dotage",
          "dotage#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Disintegration, rotting, or collapsing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Disintegration",
          "disintegration"
        ],
        [
          "rotting",
          "rotting"
        ],
        [
          "collapsing",
          "collapsing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɔːˈtaːd͡ʒ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔːtad͡ʒ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dotage"
}

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