doddery

English

Etymology

From dodder +‎ -y.

Adjective

doddery (comparative more doddery, superlative most doddery)

1. Doddering, trembly, shaky.
   • 1994, Laurie R King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice:

     That is not to say that he became a doddery old man — far from it. He was just a bit thoughtful at times, and I would catch him looking at me pensively...

   • 1999, Terence Rattigan, Benoît Delhomme, David Mamet, The Winslow Boy:

     The old boy's so doddery now he can hardly finish the course at all. I timed him today. It took him seventy-five seconds...

Derived terms

• dodderiness

 

Translations

doddering, trembly, shaky

• Chinese: 顫顫巍巍 / 颤颤巍巍 (zh) (chànwēiwēi)
• German: tatterig (de)
• Maori: tārutu, tatutatu