doddered

[ dod-erd ]

adjective

1. infirm; feeble.
2. (of a tree) having lost most of its branches owing to decay or age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doddered¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; dodder ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

I tell the doddered asses Napoleon would have been over if Villeneuve had obeyed him to the letter.

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The green glades in the autumnal woods were inviting, and sometimes they stood before the vast form of some doddered oak.

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He found a charm in the spectral aspect of the doddered oak.

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I was endeavouring to discover his fate when old William Trimble doddered along.

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He doddered into the Board-room I'd just left, an' the Dandie-dog that is just his blind man's leader stayed wi' me.

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