dodderer

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 move in a feeble, unsteady manner.

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[Alteration of Middle English daderen, probably of imitative origin.]

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dod′der·er n.

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dod·der ²

 (dŏd′ər)

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).]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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Translations

dodderer

[ˈdɒdərəʳ] N → chocho m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dodderer

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

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dodderer

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

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