senile

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 568 words | Copyright

se·nile / ˈsēˌnīl; ˈsen-/ • adj. (of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, esp. a loss of mental faculties: she couldn't cope with her senile husband. ∎ (of a condition) characteristic of or caused by old age: senile decay. ∎ Geol. approaching the end of a cycle of erosion. • n. a senile person: you never know where you stand with these so-called seniles. DERIVATIVES: se·nil·i·ty / siˈnilitē/ n.

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