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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. --Macaulay. 2. Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. -- Milton. 3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. -- Bp Burnet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dotage n : mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations [syn: {second childhood}, {senility}]
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