doddered

[ dod-erd ]

adjective
  1. infirm; feeble.

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

Origin of doddered

1
First recorded in 1690–1700; dodder1 + -ed2

Words Nearby doddered

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How to use doddered in a sentence

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

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

    Endymion | Benjamin Disraeli
  • He found a charm in the spectral aspect of the doddered oak.

    Shirley | Charlotte Bront
  • I was endeavouring to discover his fate when old William Trimble doddered along.

  • 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.

    The Day's Work, Volume 1 | Rudyard Kipling