SENILELY

Etymology

Adverb

senilely (comparative more senilely, superlative most senilely)

In a senile manner.

Anagrams

• ley lines, leylines, silylene

Source: Wiktionary


SENILE

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



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