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