doiter
doiter verb: to be old and infirm; to tremble in movement or ramble in speech, as in old age.
Verb
doiter (third-person singular simple present doiters, present participle doitering, simple past and past participle doitered)
- To be old and infirm; to tremble in movement or ramble in speech, as in old age.
- Now, save on almous-days, when some half-dozen doitering old bodies get a snatch at the broken meat, not a man of us thrusts his nose into the knight's buttery, but by stealth.1843, John Roby, Popular Traditions of Lancashire, volume 1, page 122
Forms of doiter
| third-person singular present | doiters |
|---|---|
| present participle | doitering |
| past participle | doitered |
| past | doitered |
Questions about doiter
- What does doiter mean?
- Doiter means to be old and infirm; to tremble in movement or ramble in speech, as in old age.
- What part of speech is doiter?
- Doiter is a verb.
- What is the past tense of doiter?
- The past tense of doiter is doitered.
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