dotage

English - Turkish

Definition of dotage in English Turkish dictionary: bunaklık; aşırı sevg; i dotard bunak kimse; {i} düşkünlük; iptila; {i} bunama; {i} ihtiyarlık; (Tıp) İleri yaşlılık sebebiyle oluşan, yanlış hatırlama v.s. ile belrigin hafıza zayıflığı, bunaklık; {i} tutku
in one's dotage: bunak
be in one's dotage: yaşlanıp çocuk gibi olmak
be in one's dotage: bunamak

English - English

Definition of dotage in English English dictionary: Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree
DON PEDRO: In every thing but in loving Benedick. . . . I would she had bestowed this dotage on me.; Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility
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.; {n} a loss of understanding, over-fondness; Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage; If someone is in their dotage, they are very old and becoming weak. Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee. in your dotage in your old age (dote (13-19 centuries)); Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection; Foolish utterance; drivel; mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations; a feeble and aging mind; senility; {i} senility, impaired intellect as a result of old age; infatuation; act of doting on someone or something