Definizione monolingua

dotage

dotage (plural dotages)

1. Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
   • 1841, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, ch. 1,

     ""More care!"" said the old man. . . . There were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility.

2. Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 2, sc. 3,

     CLAUDIO: And she is exceeding wise.

     DON PEDRO: In every thing but in loving Benedick. . . . I would she had bestowed this dotage on me.

Definizione dizionario dotage

rimbambimento

Altri significati:

Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.

Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.

senility