SENILE

doddering, doddery, gaga, senile

(adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age; “his mother was doddering and frail”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)

Of, or relating to old age.

(often, offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

Antonyms

• juvenile

Noun

senile (plural seniles)

(dated, medicine) A person who is senile.

Anagrams

• Inslee, enisle, ensile, lienes, silene

Source: Wiktionary

Se"nile, a. Etym: [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. sénile. See Senior.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness. "Senile maturity of judgment." Boyle. Senile gangrene (Med.), a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, and caused usually by insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition