Dotage
noun
The period of life when a person is old and weak, or the quality of being old and weak.
Her grandmother is in her dotage and requires constant care.
Often appears as...
- in her dotage
- in his dotage
noun
A state of foolishness or the lack of sound judgment usually due to old age.
He was perceived to be in his dotage when he started giving all his money away.
Often appears as...
- in his dotage
- in her dotage
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The period of life when a person is old and weak, or the quality of being old and weak.
Her grandmother is in her dotage and requires constant care.
Often appears as...
- in her dotage
- in his dotage
noun
A state of foolishness or the lack of sound judgment usually due to old age.
He was perceived to be in his dotage when he started giving all his money away.
Often appears as...
- in his dotage
- in her dotage
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Usage
The term 'dotage' is not commonly used in modern language and may sound outdated.
You sound like a character from an old novel speaking of dotage.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Dotage' often implies a negative view of elderly weakness, so use it with sensitivity.
Describing someone as in their dotage can be considered disrespectful.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Different cultures view aging differently; 'dotage' may have various interpretations.
In some cultures, the concept of dotage as weakness is not recognized.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Usage
The term 'dotage' is not commonly used in modern language and may sound outdated.
You sound like a character from an old novel speaking of dotage.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Dotage' often implies a negative view of elderly weakness, so use it with sensitivity.
Describing someone as in their dotage can be considered disrespectful.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Different cultures view aging differently; 'dotage' may have various interpretations.
In some cultures, the concept of dotage as weakness is not recognized.
Pro Tip 1/3Archaic Usage
The term 'dotage' is not commonly used in modern language and may sound outdated.
You sound like a character from an old novel speaking of dotage.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Dotage' often implies a negative view of elderly weakness, so use it with sensitivity.
Describing someone as in their dotage can be considered disrespectful.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Different cultures view aging differently; 'dotage' may have various interpretations.
In some cultures, the concept of dotage as weakness is not recognized.
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What really happens to...
We continue to make vital contributions to society after menopause. It's not your dotage. Your worth has nothing to do with your ovaries. So let's say you're in the menopause transition. What are the best things you can do? If you're suffering, there's almost always some kind of help.
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Introducing a New Baby...
this fellow come to eke out their days until they are big and strong enough to take a pod or get into a pod all where old fellows come to retire and spend their dotage in peace in amongst the egyptian geese
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What really happens to...
We continue to make vital contributions to society after menopause. It's not your dotage. Your worth has nothing to do with your ovaries. So let's say you're in the menopause transition. What are the best things you can do? If you're suffering, there's almost always some kind of help.
Video examples
Introducing a New Baby...
this fellow come to eke out their days until they are big and strong enough to take a pod or get into a pod all where old fellows come to retire and spend their dotage in peace in amongst the egyptian geese
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Quote examples
Jack Germond
American Journalist
I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
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Felix Dennis
British Publisher
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
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Pearl S. Buck
American Novelist
We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.
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Ian McElhinney
Irish Actor
It's strange to be getting into your dotage and suddenly discovering that you have a fanbase.
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Jack Germond
American Journalist
I really found this campaign odious. I couldn't get up for it. The quality of the candidates and the campaign, I just found the whole thing second-rate. I didn't know how to explain to my granddaughter that I was spending my dotage writing about Al Gore and George W. Bush.
Quote examples
Felix Dennis
British Publisher
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
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Pearl S. Buck
American Novelist
We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave.
Quote examples
Ian McElhinney
Irish Actor
It's strange to be getting into your dotage and suddenly discovering that you have a fanbase.
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