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Dotage | Dotage \Do"tage\, n. [From {Dote}, v. i.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Foolish utterance; drivel. [1913 Webster] The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. -- Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. [1913 Webster] The dotage of the nation on presbytery. -- Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] |
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