be+in+one's+dotage+or+second+childhood
1dote — v. n. 1. Drivel, be imbecile, be foolish, be in one s dotage or second childhood. 2. Be over fond, be foolishly fond …
2Age — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Age >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 age age Sgm: N 1 oldness oldness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 old age old age advanced age golden years Sgm: N 1 senility senility senescence Sgm …
3age — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Old age Nouns 1. age, years, oldness; life expectancy, life span; longevity, length of years; gerontology, geriatrics; gerontocracy; ageism. 2. (maturity) adulthood, man or womanhood, maturity; legal or… …
4twichild — ˈtwichə̇l(d) noun Etymology: twi + child 1. : one who is in his dotage 2. : dotage * * * twichild /twīˈchīld/ (now dialect) noun A person in his or her second childhood ORIGIN: ↑twi …
5old age — noun a late time of life (Freq. 1) old age is not for sissies he s showing his years age hasn t slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood • Syn: ↑years, ↑ …
6dote — v 1.Usu. dote on idolize, hold dear, prize, treasure, adore, be stuck on; make much of, indulge, spoil, coddle, pamper, lavish on. 2. be in one s second childhood, be feebleminded, be in one s dotage, show one s age; ramble, wander …
7senile — senescent; declining, failing, failing in mind, losing one s faculties or abilities, Inf. slipping, no longer in full command; waning, fading, (of women) anile; mentally infirm, foolish, decrepit; in one s dotage, in one s second childhood,… …
8childish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. infantile, puerile, juvenile, youthful, babyish; brattish; senile, simpleminded, weak, silly; credulous, naive, trustful. See credulity, youth. Ant., mature, wise. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having… …
9doddering — adj 1. senile, aged, decrepit, (of women) anile, superannuated; feeble, Inf. dotty, infirm, shaky, unsteady, shivering, trembling, teetering, tottering; shambling, staggering, shuffling, swaying; twitching, quivering, quavering, quaking; bobbing …
10old age — n declining years, winter of one s life; agedness, oldness, elderliness, senescence, antiquity, ancientness, superannuation; senility, anility, dotage, second childhood; caducity, decrepitude, infirmity, feebleness, weakness …
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