Definition of Doddery

1. Adjective. Mentally or physically infirm with age. "His mother was doddering and frail"

Exact synonyms: Doddering, Gaga, Senile
Similar to: Old
Derivative terms: Senility, Senility

Definition of Doddery

1. Adjective. Doddering, trembly, shaky. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Doddery

1. feeble [adj] - See also: feeble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doddery

docusoaps
docutainment
dodad
dodads
doddard
doddart
dodded
doddered
dodderer
dodderers
dodderier
doddering
dodderingly
dodders
doddery (current term)
doddier
doddies
doddiest
dodding
doddle
doddles
doddy
dodeca-
dodecadactylum
dodecadic
dodecadodecahedra
dodecadodecahedron
dodecadodecahedrons
dodecaedron

Literary usage of Doddery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"DODDER, doddery, doddery-GERSE — Tremble ; vibrate; shake. ... doddery-gerse, er doddery, iv'rybody knows what it is—it's trembling grass. ..."

2. The Metropolitan (1847)
"... striking by the hall clock, yet I must say it's very agreeable and pleasant like, walking in the moonlight, when oiie isn't over old and doddery-like. ..."

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