doddering

Also dod·der·y

[dod-er-ing]

adjective

1. shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering.

   a doddering old man.

doddering

/ ˈdɒdərɪŋ /

adjective

1. shaky, feeble, or infirm, esp from old age

Word History and Origins

Origin of doddering¹

First recorded in 1735–45; dodder ¹ + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Offstage, he was a doddering, stammering dad shuffling around rooms bustling with yapping tiny dogs urinating everywhere.

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While Biden has been vulnerable to right-wing online trolls who portrayed him as doddering and confused, recent attempts to troll and negatively meme Harris have backfired, Miller said.

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More than that, Trump and his strategists are thoroughly convinced that Biden is a walking, or rather, doddering disaster.

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The Marquess of Tilbury’s doddering hand rose to his pocket handkerchief.

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She was supposed to play the reasonable, relatable young mom to Joe Biden’s supposedly doddering old man who, in his address, came out swinging.

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