dotage

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
2. noun Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
3. noun Foolish utterance(s); drivel.

Similar words

senility second childhood senescence senilism aging acrogeria degenerescence alzheimer's disease degeneration cognitive dysfunction syndrome

Often followed by

of and in to on or is that flow

Word family

dotages