Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DO'TAGE
DO'TAGE, n. [from dote.]
- Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; childishness of old age; as a venerable man now in his dotage.
- A doting; excessive fondness. – Dryden.
- Deliriousness. [See the verb, to dote.]
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