senile

See also: sénile

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from Latin senex (“old”), from Gaulish and Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːnaɪl/

Adjective

senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)

  1. Of, or relating to old age.
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
  2. (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

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Noun

senile (plural seniles)

  1. (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.
    • 1979, Oscar J. Kaplan, Psychopathology of Aging, page 54:
      Seniles differ markedly in their early adult intelligence level, and in their social, vocational, and educational histories.

Further reading
  • senile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • senile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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German

Adjective

senile

  1. inflection of senil:
    1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative and accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

senile (masculine and feminine plural senili)

  1. senile

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Latin

Adjective

senīle

  1. nominative neuter singular of senīlis
  2. accusative neuter singular of senīlis
  3. vocative neuter singular of senīlis

Old French

Adjective

senile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular senile)

  1. relating to old age

Declension
Declension of senile
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject seniles senile senile
Oblique senile senile senile
Plural Subject senile seniles senile
Oblique seniles seniles senile

Descendants
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