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.
Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.
Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.
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