"dotage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotage.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dotages [plural]
Etymology: 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 (english: 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': 92 2 6 Disambiguation of 'senility': 96 1 3
  2. Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dotage-en-noun-SKfjt0F6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 68 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 31 52 17 Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 3 27 5 25 25 16 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 25 4 25 25 17 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 22 3 25 25 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 3 23 3 25 25 21
  3. Foolish utterance(s); drivel. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dotage-en-noun-ycleeKP2

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)
  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, People
    Sense id: en-dotage-enm-noun-TTwkcF7t Disambiguation of Love: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of People: 83 8 9 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 3 27 5 25 25 16 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 25 4 25 25 17 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 22 3 25 25 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 3 23 3 25 25 21
  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: 43 54 3 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 3 27 5 25 25 16 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 25 4 25 25 17 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 22 3 25 25 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 3 23 3 25 25 21
  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 entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 3 27 5 25 25 16 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 25 4 25 25 17 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 22 3 25 25 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -age: 3 23 3 25 25 21

Inflected forms

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      "word": "second childhood"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izkufjavane",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изкуфяване"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "lǎomào",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "老耄"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǎo míhú",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "老迷糊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīzhìzhèng",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "失智症"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senilnost"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "seniliteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "dementie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "vanhuudenhöperöys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "débilité sénile"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sénilité"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senilidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Senilität"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Altersschwäche"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xemórama",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ξεμώραμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "palimpaidismós",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παλιμπαιδισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "időskor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "öregkor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "vénség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "szenilitás"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "elgyengülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "leépülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "leépültség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "elgyengültség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "gyengeség"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もうろく",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "mōroku",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "耄碌"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mōroku",
      "sense": "senility",
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    },
    {
      "alt": "にんちしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ninchishō",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "認知症"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "pēperekōutanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zönöglöx",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "зөнөглөх"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ellaschwakheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdziecinnienie"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stárčeskoje slaboúmije",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ста́рческое слабоу́мие"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stárčeskij marázm",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ста́рческий мара́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "senilidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chochez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ihtiyarlık"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "ipa": "/dɔːˈtaːd͡ʒ(ə)/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɔːtad͡ʒ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
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}

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