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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" [syn: doddering, doddery, gaga, senile]
2: intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her" [syn: crazy, wild, dotty, gaga]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French, from gaga fool, of imitative origin Date: 1917 1. crazy, foolish 2. marked by wild enthusiasm ; infatuated, doting

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. sl. 1 senile. 2 fatuous; slightly crazy. Etymology: F, = senile

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you say that someone is gaga, you mean that they cannot think clearly any more, especially because they are old. (INFORMAL) If you don't keep your brain working you go gaga. = dotty ADJ: v-link ADJ 2. If someone goes gaga over a person or thing, they like them very much. (INFORMAL) My daughter is just gaga over men with hairy chests. = crazy ADJ: v-link ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

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