Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doddering

/dˈɑdɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: dod-der-ing
IPA: /dˈɑdɚɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile.

verb

present participle and gerund of dodder

noun

A shaking or trembling movement, as of old age.

Example Sentences

"You great fat, blasted, blear-eyed, blundering, thundering, brainless, God-forsaken, doddering, damned fool!"
"Treat the doddering old fool with sympathy."
"She treats him not as a doddering old fool but as a man hampered in his movements by injury."
"Now that he was next in line to the minister of state security himself, an 82 year old man whose dodderings Fang graciously covered up to save everyone's face, Fang had a huge problem."

Inflected Forms

dodderings (plural)

Derived Forms

dodderingly

Synonyms

doddery gaga senile

Rhymes With

soldering

Questions

How do you pronounce doddering?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɑdɚɪŋ/.
What does doddering mean?: Mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile.

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