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senile
What does senile mean?
senile (adjective): mentally or physically infirm with age.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce senile?
/ˈsiˌnaɪl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does senile come from?
1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to senile
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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of the same origin as claimed; genuine
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foreign, especially in an exciting way
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likely or expected to happen or become
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mentally or physically infirm with age
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