Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Trembling, tottering, or exhibiting mental impairment associated with aging.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective shaking as from old age.
- adjective mentally or physically infirm with age.
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- adjective
mentally orphysically infirm due toold age ;senile - verb Present participle of
dodder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective mentally or physically infirm with age
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Examples
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We shouldn't avoid the "doddering" issue for fear of inciting old people, just as we shouldn't avoid the Palin corruption and inexperience issue for fear of inciting women.
New Ads: Obama Presses "Change"; McCain Spot Says Obama's "Star Is Fading" 2009
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You would hardly suppose that a nation "doddering" to its doom would be so lively in producing ships in this manner?
The British Empire 1910
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Others, again, seemed afflicted with what old Matthew Branthwaite called "doddering" and a fit of the "gapes."
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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On Smiggers 'right is a "doddering" old fellow of between seventy and eighty -- clearly
Pickwickian Studies Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald 1879
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It's a timeless tale that asks the question, which is better -- a love that lasts into doddering, rocking chair old age or one that burns so bright that it explodes like a supernova?
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro: Bonnie & Clyde: Don't We Just Love Those Bad Guys and Gals? Rochelle Jewel Shapiro 2011
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It's a timeless tale that asks the question, which is better -- a love that lasts into doddering, rocking chair old age or one that burns so bright that it explodes like a supernova?
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro: Bonnie & Clyde: Don't We Just Love Those Bad Guys and Gals? Rochelle Jewel Shapiro 2011
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[It certainly blows away the historical fallacy that he was a doddering old grandfather not cognizant of what was going on.]
Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009
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It's a timeless tale that asks the question, which is better -- a love that lasts into doddering, rocking chair old age or one that burns so bright that it explodes like a supernova?
Rochelle Jewel Shapiro: Bonnie & Clyde: Don't We Just Love Those Bad Guys and Gals? Rochelle Jewel Shapiro 2011
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I already knew and enjoyed hanging out with the heroes -- Charlie, an inveterate horseplayer, and his father, Drummond, whom he'd always thought was a doddering appliance salesman but really is a CIA all-star.
Keith Thomson: The Challenges of Following Up a Bestselling Novel Keith Thomson 2011
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I already knew and enjoyed hanging out with the heroes -- Charlie, an inveterate horseplayer, and his father, Drummond, whom he'd always thought was a doddering appliance salesman but really is a CIA all-star.
Keith Thomson: The Challenges of Following Up a Bestselling Novel Keith Thomson 2011
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