老おいぼれ

noun

dotage; senility

Refers to the state of being senile or in one's dotage; a somewhat blunt term.

• 祖そ父ふは老おいぼれで、最さい近きんは家か族ぞくの顔かおもわからなくなった。

  My grandfather is senile and lately doesn't even recognize his family's faces.

noun

senile old fool; dotard

Derogatory or self-deprecating term for a feeble-minded old person; can be used humbly about oneself or one's in-group.

• もう老おいぼれの私わたしには、新あたらしいことは覚おぼえられません。

  An old fool like me can't learn new things anymore.

• あの老おいぼれはいつも同おなじ話はなしを繰くり返かえす。

  That senile old fool always repeats the same story.