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DODDERING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doddering mean?
• DODDERING (adjective)
The adjective DODDERING has 1 sense:
1. mentally or physically infirm with age
Familiarity information: DODDERING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mentally or physically infirm with age
Synonyms:
doddering; doddery; gaga; senile
Context example:
his mother was doddering and frail
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Context examples
He made a slight motion to me to approach him, and instantly, as he turned his face half round to the company once more, subsided into a doddering, loose-lipped senility.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He reeled and swayed, doddering like a drunken man to keep from falling.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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