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senility

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sɪˈnɪləti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɪˈnɪlɪti/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(si nil′i tē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
se•nil•i•ty  (si nil′i tē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Pathologythe state of being senile, esp. the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
  • senile + -ity 1770–80

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
se•nile /ˈsinaɪl, ˈsɛnaɪl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. showing a decline of physical strength or mental functioning as a result of old age or disease.
se•nil•i•ty /sɪˈnɪlɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -sene-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
se•nile  (sē′nīl, -nil, sen′īl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, esp. short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
  2. of or belonging to old age or aged persons;
    gerontological;
    geriatric.
  3. Geography, Place Names[Physical Geog.](of topographical features) having been reduced by erosion to a featureless plain that stands everywhere at base level. Cf. peneplain. 

n. 
  1. a senile person.
  • Latin senīlis old, equivalent. to sen(ex) old man (akin to senior) + -īlis -ile
  • 1655–65

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