senility /səˈnɪlɪti/ noun3 •The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence. •The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit. •(no longer used) An elderly, senile person.There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities. — 1934 formssenilities