senility

old age

TRANSLATION

senility = die Altersschwäche, das Greisenalter, die Greisenhaftigkeit, die Senilität

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Senile Sargent?

One day late in life Sir Malcolm Sargent was asked: "To what do you attribute your advanced age?" "Well," he replied, "I suppose I must attribute it to the fact that I haven't yet died."

Sargent, Sir Malcolm (1895-1967) British conductor and organist, chief conductor at the London Promenade Concerts (1957-67)

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senility

1. Old age.

2. The mental and physical deterioration associated with aging.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

Synonyms:

advanced age, age, decrepitude, dotage, elderliness, feebleness, imbecility, infirmity, second childhood, senility

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