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doddering

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dod⋅der⋅ing

  [dod-er-ing]
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–adjective
shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering: a doddering old man.
Also, dod⋅der⋅y  [dod-uh-ree] .

Origin:
1735–45; dodder 1 + -ing 2

dod⋅der

1  [dod-er]
–verb (used without object)
to shake; tremble; totter.
Origin:
1610–20; cf. dither, totter, teeter, etc.

Related forms:
dod⋅der⋅er, noun
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dod·der 1   (dŏd'ər)   
intr.v.   dod·dered, dod·der·ing, dod·ders

  1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.

  2. To progress in a feeble, unsteady manner.


[Alteration of Middle English daderen.]
dod'der·er n.
dod·der·ing   (dŏd'ər-ĭng)   
adj.  Infirm, feeble, and often senile.
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Word Origin & History

dodder 
1617, from M.E. daderen "to quake, tremble" (1483), apparently frequentative of dialectal dade, on a form similar to totter, patter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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