anilo-, anil- +
(Latin: an old woman; old age of a woman; a "venerable woman")
anile
1. Of or like an old woman.
2. Resembling a woman of "advanced years".
3. Like a foolish, doddering old woman.
anililagnia
A special (sexual) attraction to an old woman or elderly women in general.
anility, dotage
1. The quality of being
anile or like a feeble old woman.
2. The state of existing as or like an old woman.
3. Senility;
dotage.
Dotage refers to mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations. It is also defined as "to be weak-minded from old age; to have one's intellect impaired by reason of age".
anilojuvenogamist
1. Someone who marries another person of a significanly different age; particularly when a very young man marries a much older woman.
2. A person who advocates or supports marriage between older women with much younger men.
anilojuvenogamous
A reference to or characterized by marriage between an old woman and a young man.
anilojuvenogamy
1. Marriage between an older woman and a much younger man.
2. A marriage in which there is a considerable age difference between partners, a woman being the older partner.
3. Etymology: From Latin
anilis, "an old woman" plus
juvenis, "a youth" or "young man" plus Greek
-gamy "marriage".
—Coined by Charles Harrington Elster in his book:
There's a Word for It!; Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Inc; page 85, 1996.
Related "woman, female" units:
fem-;
gyno-;
mulie-;
virgo-.
Subscribe to this FREE Focusing on Words Newsletter