Dictionary

doddery en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English dodder Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doddery From dodder + -y.

Meanings

1. Doddering, trembly, shaky.
   • That is not to say that he became a doddery old man — far from it. He was just a bit thoughtful at times, and I would catch him looking at me pensively... 1994, Laurie R King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice:
   • The old boy's so doddery now he can hardly finish the course at all. I timed him today. It took him seventy-five seconds... 1999, Terence Rattigan, Benoît Delhomme, David Mamet, The Winslow Boy:

Forms

Deriveds

dodderiness

Translations (4)

de tatterig (doddering, trembly, shaky) · cmn 顫顫巍巍 /颤颤巍巍 (doddering, trembly, shaky) · mi tatutatu (doddering, trembly, shaky) · mi tārutu (doddering, trembly, shaky)