English
senilocracy
From senile + -ocracy.
Formed from senile + -ocracy
Proto-Indo-European *sénos ‘old’
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Latin senīlis ‘of or pertaining to old age’
Old French senile ‘relating to old age’
Middle French senile
French sénile
English senile
Today it means
noun A form of government where society is ruled by the senile.
Sources
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