DODDERED

Verb

doddered

simple past tense and past participle of dodder

Source: Wiktionary


Dod"dered, a.

Definition: Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age." Dryden.

DODDER

Dod"der, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.

Dod"der, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.]

Definition: To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast." Thomson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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