senile

adjetivosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos

Reino Unido//ˈsiːnaɪl//
Estados Unidos//ˈsinaɪl//

Of, or relating to old age.

adjetivo

1
Of, or relating to old age.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
2
Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
Her mother was senile, but they called it dementia now.

Etimologia

1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

substantivo

1
antiquadoA person who is senile.
Seniles differ markedly in their early adult intelligence level, and in their social, vocational, and educational histories.

Formas

plural: seniles
comparativo: more senile
superlativo: most senile

send · To make something (such as an object or message) go from one…Send · A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey,…sending · The act by which somebody or something is sent.

senile · Of, or relating to old age.

senior · Older.Senior · A surname.señor · A Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used…

As páginas vizinhas — A ordem alfabética segue as regras da língua, não o valor dos bytes: um acento só desempata entre duas palavras de resto idênticas, e o espanhol trata o Ñ como uma letra à parte.