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doddering

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dod·der·ing  (ddr-ng)
adj.
Infirm, feeble, and often senile.
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Adj.1.doddering - mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"
doddery, gaga, senile
old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
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Spanish doddering [ˈdɔdərɪŋ] adj, doddery [ˈdɔdərɪ]
adj → vacilante
French doddering [ˈdɔdərɪŋ] adj (= senile) → gâteux/euse
German doddering [ˈdɔdərɪŋ] adj (shaky, unsteady) → zittrig
Italian doddering [ˈdɔdərɪŋ] adj → traballante
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The omelette ready, we sat down at table and were silently eating, when the door was pushed open and an old woman, dressed in rags, leaning on a stick, her head doddering, her white hair hanging loosely over her wrinkled forehead, appeared on the threshold.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
The front door was open, so we rushed in and hurried from room to room to the amazement of a doddering old manservant, who met us in the passage.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
One night while we were away that old numskull Thornbury was doddering about the passages very late.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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