Meanings
adjectivedoddery (comparative dodderier, superlative dodderiest)
comparative dodderier · superlative dodderiest
- Doddering, trembly, shaky.
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 Boy1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese 顫顫巍巍 /颤颤巍巍
- 顫顫巍巍 /颤颤巍巍 (chànwēiwēi)doddering, trembly, shaky
German tatterig
- tatterigdoddering, trembly, shaky
Māori tārutu, tatutatu
- tārutudoddering, trembly, shaky
- tatutatudoddering, trembly, shaky
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Chicago
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