[
US
/səˈnɪɫəti/
]
[ UK /siːnˈɪlɪti/ ]
[ UK /siːnˈɪlɪti/ ]
NOUN
- the state of being senile
- mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
How To Use senility In A Sentence
- Third is taking the imagination as the knot, and the huge artistic senility.
- His old arse left us in immense debt while he rode away in the sunset - teetering on senility and his handlers kept that fact from the voting electorate. South Carolina Republican releases new TV ad
- The senility of the fellow's countenance, besides, was contradicted by the juvenescence of his eyes. The Beetle
- That was when I would begin my long slide into senility and decrepitude and start wearing different-coloured socks.
- Perhaps in her doddering senility, she was subconsciously confusing it with all the dry sherry she was knocking back.
- They say writing letters to the editor of the local paper is a sure sign of the onset of senility, along with talking to yourself and playing bingo or lawn bowls.
- Ronny believes his mother's religious and spiritual beliefs are a sign of senility.
- Good work too from Pip Carter who plays the accident-prone Yepihodov as a tortured, lovesick soul, from Emily Taaffe who shows both the flightiness and heartbreak of the maid Dunyasha, and from Kenneth Cranham who pins down the sad senility of the neglected servant, Firs. The Cherry Orchard - review
- Showing no signs of senility, only stoic, hard-won wisdom, The Cave is a work of a master.
- Determined to have their say before senility scrambled their wits, they would sit down in the afterglow of evening to bear witness to the nature of their times.