senile en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsiːnaɪl/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsinaɪl/ (US)
Etymology
1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).
Meanings
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Of, or relating to old age.
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.
2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
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(offensive, often) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
Her mother was senile, but they called it dementia now.
2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 183:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most senile | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more senile | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Cnile · senilocracy · nonsenile · senilism · senilize · presenile · senile keratosis · senilely · senility · senile angioma · senile gangrene · senile wart
Relateds
senator · senate · senior · senescence · seniority
Translations (107)
cs senilní (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · ca senil (of, or relating to old age) · it rimbambito (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · id pikun (of, or relating to old age) · fi seniili (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · fi vanhuuden (of, or relating to old age) · fr sénile (of, or relating to old age) · te ముసలితనపు (of, or relating to old age) · ilo lakayen (of, or relating to old age) · ms nyanyuk (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · be ста́рчае (of, or relating to old age) · ilo bumaket (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · ca senil (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · be ста́рчыя (of, or relating to old age) · pt senil (of, or relating to old age) · cs stařecká (of, or relating to old age) · hu szenilis (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · be старэ́чы (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · el ξεμωραμένος (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · fr séniles (of, or relating to old age) · es senil (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · sco doitit (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · ru ста́рческий (of, or relating to old age) · bg изкуфял (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · be ста́рчыя (of, or relating to old age) · ru престаре́лый (of, or relating to old age) · de senil (of, or relating to old age) · be ста́рчыя (of, or relating to old age) · ga siabhránach (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · es senil (of, or relating to old age) · id pikun (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · hu szenilisek (of, or relating to old age) · be ста́рчы (of, or relating to old age) · da alderdoms- (of, or relating to old age) · it senile (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · gd aosda (of, or relating to old age) · hu szenilis (of, or relating to old age) · es gagá (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · mk излапен (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · fr sénile (of, or relating to old age) · sv senil (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · bg старчески (of, or relating to old age) · tl ulianin (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · el γεροντικός (of, or relating to old age) · cs stařečtí (of, or relating to old age) · br kabac'h (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · it rincoglionito (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cy heneiddiol (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · ja 老年の (of, or relating to old age) · eo senila (of, or relating to old age) · de senil (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · br kabac'h (of, or relating to old age) · de senil (of, or relating to old age) · ru сени́льный (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · es chocho (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cs stařecké (of, or relating to old age) · cs stárnout (of, or relating to old age) · hy զառամ (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · be ста́рчая (of, or relating to old age) · nl seniel (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · pl zniedołężniały (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · nl ouderdoms- (of, or relating to old age) · hy զառամյալ (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · fr sénile (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cy henaint (of, or relating to old age) · bg сенилен (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cs stařecký (of, or relating to old age) · fr séniles (of, or relating to old age) · ilo kabaw (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · ru ста́рческий (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · pt senil (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cs stařecká (of, or relating to old age) · ru дря́хлый (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · tr bunak (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · gv shenn-eashagh (of, or relating to old age) · eo senilaj (of, or relating to old age) · be пастарэ́ць (of, or relating to old age) · mk сенилен (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · pl starczy (of, or relating to old age) · de senil (of, or relating to old age) · fi vanhuudenhöperö (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · it barbogio (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · hy ծերունական (of, or relating to old age) · la senīlis (of, or relating to old age) · ru ста́рый (of, or relating to old age) · cmn 老年痴呆 (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · mba kaway (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · da senil (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cs zestárnout (of, or relating to old age) · fr séniles (of, or relating to old age) · hy ծերունականներ (of, or relating to old age) · ga seanaoise (of, or relating to old age) · de senile (of, or relating to old age) · de senile (of, or relating to old age) · de senile (of, or relating to old age) · be старэ́ць (of, or relating to old age) · cs stařecké (of, or relating to old age) · gd aosmhor (of, or relating to old age) · tl ulyanin (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cs stařecké (of, or relating to old age) · de senile (of, or relating to old age) · mk изветреан (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · es chocheante (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) · cmn 年老的 (of, or relating to old age) · mba binongaw (of, or relating to old age) · be ста́рчыя (of, or relating to old age) · eo olda (exhibiting the deterioration in mind)