What does "dotage" mean?
Dotage: Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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