dodipoles

Noun

dodipole (plural dodipoles)

1. (derogatory, obsolete) An old person with impaired intellect; a dotard, idiot or lunatic.
   • But some will say, our curate is naught, an asshead, a dodipole, a lack-latin, and can do nothing: Shall I pay him my tithes, that doth us no good or none will do? Yea, I say, thou must pay him his due; and if he be such a one, complain to the bishop.1550 October 9, Hugh Latimer, “A Sermon preached at Stamford”, in John Watkins, editor, The Sermons and Life of Hugh Latimer, volume 1, London: Aylott & Son, published 1858, page 288

   Synonyms:

   dotard, mimmerkin