"dotage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American], /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dotage.wav Forms: dotages [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dotage, from doten (“to dote”) + -age; equivalent to dote + -age. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dotage}} Middle English dotage, {{suffix|en|dote|age}} dote + -age 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

Inflected forms

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          "text": "\"More care!\" said the old man in a shrill voice, […] 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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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "en:Love",
    "enm:Age",
    "enm:Love",
    "enm:Mind",
    "enm:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anecdotage"
    },
    {
      "word": "sacerdotage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "dotage"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English dotage",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dote",
        "3": "age"
      },
      "expansion": "dote + -age",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English dotage, from doten (“to dote”) + -age; equivalent to dote + -age.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dotages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "dotage (countable and uncountable, plural dotages)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the First”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC, page 41:",
          "text": "\"More care!\" said the old man in a shrill voice, […] 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "judgment",
          "judgment"
        ],
        [
          "cognitive",
          "cognitive"
        ],
        [
          "senility",
          "senility"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], signature D2, verso:",
          "text": "Claudio And ſhe is exceeding wiſe.\nPrince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Fondness",
          "fondness"
        ],
        [
          "attentiveness",
          "attentiveness"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 193:",
          "text": "No leſs are they out of the way in Philoſophy, peſtring their heads with the ſapleſs dotages of old Paris and Salamanca.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foolish utterance(s); drivel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "utterance",
          "utterance"
        ],
        [
          "drivel",
          "drivel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "loss of mental acuity associated with aging",
      "word": "second childhood"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izkufjavane",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изкуфяване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "senilnost",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сенилност"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǎomào",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "老耄"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "senilnost"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "alt": "szellemi (literally “mental”)",
      "code": "hu",
      "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",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mōroku",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "耄碌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mōroku",
      "sense": "senility",
      "word": "もうろく"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stárčeskoje slaboúmije",
      "sense": "senility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ста́рческое слабоу́мие"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dotage"
}

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