dotage, second childhood, senility
(noun) mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dotage (countable and uncountable, plural dotages)
Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
Foolish utterance(s); drivel.
• (loss of mental acuity associated with aging): second childhood
• dogate, goated, togaed
Source: Wiktionary
Do"tage, n. Etym: [From Dote, v. i.]
1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage. Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. Macaulay.
2. Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.
3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
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The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
