doddering

[ dod-er-ing ]

adjective

1. shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering:

   a doddering old man.

doddering

/ ˈdɒdərɪŋ /

adjective

1. shaky, feeble, or infirm, esp from old age

Word History and Origins

Origin of doddering¹

First recorded in 1735–45; dodder ¹ + -ing ²

Example Sentences

A living, doddering Lee was far less useful to the pitchfork crowd than a hanged, virile Lee would have been.

From The Daily Beast

The doddering quality of the entire Reagan presidency certainly gave rise to that notion.

From The Daily Beast

Verena was a poor old widow, doddering and shiftless: Charity suspected that she came for her keep.

From Project Gutenberg

If, on the other hand, he has gone beyond that age we see only a doddering literary future for him.

From Project Gutenberg

In a second I would have exchanged my youth for the position of this doddering old nobleman who spat blood into a napkin.

From Project Gutenberg

The old man did nothing unbecoming to his caste, but he stood doddering and longed to die in place of that beautiful youth.

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Nor is she the woman to make me forget my manhood and pride, to tumble me down doddering at her feet and gibbering like an ape.

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