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dotage
(encz) | dotage,dětinství n: Zdeněk Brož |
dotage
(encz) | dotage,senilita n: Zdeněk Brož |
dotage
(encz) | dotage,senilnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dotage
(gcide) | 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.
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Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and
the dotage of Greek literature. --Macaulay.
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2. Foolish utterance; drivel.
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The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. --
Milton.
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3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
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The dotage of the nation on presbytery. -- Bp.
Burnet.
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dotage
(wn) | dotage
n 1: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes
shown by foolish infatuations [syn: dotage, {second
childhood}, senility] |
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dotage
(encz) | dotage,dětinství n: Zdeněk Broždotage,senilita n: Zdeněk Broždotage,senilnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Anecdotage
(gcide) | Anecdotage \An"ec*do`tage\, n.
Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
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All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of
it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of
lies. --De Quincey.
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dotage
(wn) | dotage
n 1: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes
shown by foolish infatuations [syn: dotage, {second
childhood}, senility] |
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