dotage

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++do·tage /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ $ ˈdoʊ-/ noun  in your dotage OLD/NOT NEWin your old age 在某人衰老之年，在某人年老糊涂时

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dotage• It is as though they could not wait to sink into a dotage spent in permanent contemplation of their childhood.• Thurmond is as mean in his dotage as he was in his younger days.• And don't sign him into his dotage and whine about his getting old later.• For while Hare was playing out his dotage, the backroom was at work.• We all need to work at forgiveness and acceptance right into our dotage.• Is this how we want to spend our dotage?Origin dotage (1300-1400) dote “to show the mental weakness of old age” ((13-19 centuries))

do·tage nounChineseSyllable  

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dotage
do‧tage /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ $ ˈdoʊ-/ nounin your dotage in your old age

dot·ageBrE /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdoʊtɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun●be in your dotageto be old and not always able to think clearly 年老昏聩；年老糊涂