Associations to the word «Senility»

Wiktionary

SENILITY, noun. (uncountable) Senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
SENILITY, noun. (uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
SENILITY, noun. (countable) (archaic) An elderly, senile person.

Dictionary definition

SENILITY, noun. Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations.
SENILITY, noun. The state of being senile.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche