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US
/ˈdɑdɝɪŋ/
]
[ UK /dˈɒdəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dˈɒdəɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
mentally or physically infirm with age
his mother was doddering and frail
How To Use doddering In A Sentence
- And now I am possessed of the finger-curling desire to write a murder mystery in which the detective is the elderly and somewhat doddering Lancelot, now ordained a priest in Glastonbury. Arise, sir percivale, the noble knight and god's knight, and go with me
- It seems as if Palin elicits an inoluntary response in doddering old right wing fools like broder and McCain. Think Progress » Poll Shows Palin’s Unfavorability Ratings At All-Time High As Broder Extols Her ‘Populist’ Appeal
- A character who is presumably either her doddering old grandmother or mother-in-law comes out with some cups of tea.
- The town treats its older hotels like a doddering uncle who needs to be put away.
- Am I mistaken in thinking you still want to stand around talking like a doddering fool?
- She took note of the open plan bars and restaurants, the oppressive fluorescent lights and the doddering passengers wandering aimlessly trying to kill time.
- Jaques is looked upon as something of a doddering old fool by some of his younger comrades, but as Wright plays him, he's far, far more.
- We could see, for instance, the doddering old knights and dames of the order tottering in (none of them a day below 70 I'm sure) in procession.
- He was a doddering-looking old fellow, with a thin comb-over and a slight tremor in his left hand. Gideon’s war
- We could see, for instance, the doddering old knights and dames of the order tottering in (none of them a day below 70 I'm sure) in procession.