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Dotard

//ˈdəʊ.təd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An old person with impaired intellect; a senile person; one in their dotage. archaic

    "Dotard, (ſaide he) let be thy deepe aduiſe; Seemes that through many yeares thy wits thee faile, And that weake eld hath left thee nothing wiſe, Els neuer ſhould thy iudgement be ſo frayle, To meaſure manhood by the ſword or mayle."

  2. 2
    an oldster in their dotage; someone whose age has impaired their intellect wordnet
  3. 3
    One who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness; a doter. obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English dotard; equivalent to dote + -ard.

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