dodderer

dod·der ¹  (ddr)

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.

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[Alteration of Middle English daderen.]

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dodder·er n.

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dod·der ²  (ddr)

n.

Any of various leafless, annual parasitic herbs of the genus Cuscuta that lack chlorophyll and have slender, twining, yellow or reddish stems and small whitish flowers.

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[Middle English doder, possibly from Middle Dutch, yolk of an egg (from the yellow color of the blossom of one species of this plant).]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dodderer - one who dodders from old age and weakness golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person

Translations

dodderer [ˈdɒdərəʳ] N → chocho m

dodderer

n (esp Brit inf) → Tattergreis m (inf)

dodderer [ˈdɒdərəʳ] n (fam) → vecchio/a decrepito/a, rudere m

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dodderer [ˈdɒdərəʳ] n (fam) → vecchio/a decrepito/a, rudere m