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Definition of Dotard
1. Noun. An oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect.
Definition of Dotard
1. n. One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
Definition of Dotard
1. Noun. An old person with impaired intellect; one in his or her dotage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dotard
1. a senile person [n -S] : DOTARDLY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dotard
Literary usage of Dotard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... was the cause of a famine which desolated the land, and the old dotard ordered
him to be sacrificed to the angry gods. ..."
2. An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution by Samuel Gridley Howe (1828)
"... to the hoary dotard; he who has been with the Greek army, and had his eyes
every morning ... dotard ..."
3. Borderland Studies: Miscellaneous Addresses and Essays Pertaining to by George Milbry Gould (1908)
"... dotard CRIMINAL, AND INSANE PHYSICIANS.* They exist—and a plenty! And their
existence constitutes a problem for the profession of constantly increasing ..."
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