Definitions
mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
Word origin
From Middle English dotage, from doten (“to dote”) + -age; equivalent to dote + -age.
Used in a sentence
“Claudio And ſhe is exceeding wiſe. Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee, […]”
“No leſs are they out of the way in Philoſophy, peſtring their heads with the ſapleſs dotages of old Paris and Salamanca.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Senile decline”6 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
D_____