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doddards

doddards is the plural of doddard.

Meaning of doddard

Noun (1)

doddard (plural doddards)

  1. A frail old man.
    • You are too old and too exacting to be satisfied with a blank page. You would certainly prefer one upon which life has written something. It is more interesting. Young girls are only for youths and for certain brainless doddards.1934, Sigurd Christiansen, translated by Isaac Anderson, “The Storm”, in Chaff Before the Wind, New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, page 266

Noun (2)

doddard (plural doddards)

  1. (rare) A moribund or decayed tree.
    • […] / Another ſhakes the Bed; diſſolving there, / Till knots upon his Gouty Joints appear, / And Chalk is in his crippled Fingers found; / Rots like a Doddard Oke, and piecemeal falls to the ground.1693, Aulus Persius Flaccus, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus.] The Fifth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together...

Questions about doddards

What is doddards the plural of?
Doddards is the plural of doddard.

Words near doddards in the dictionary

  1. dodabs
  2. dodad
  3. dodads
  4. dodd
  5. doddard
  6. doddards
  7. doddart
  8. doddarts
  9. dodded
  10. dodder
  11. doddered

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