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dotards

dotards is the plural of dotard.

Meaning of dotard

Noun

dotard (plural dotards)

  1. (archaic) An old person with impaired intellect; a senile person; one in their dotage.
    • 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 223
    Synonyms:
    mimmerkin
  2. (obsolete) One who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness; a doter.

Questions about dotards

What is dotards the plural of?
Dotards is the plural of dotard.

Words near dotards in the dictionary

  1. dotaras
  2. dotard
  3. dotardism
  4. dotardly
  5. dotardness
  6. dotards
  7. dotardy
  8. dotarist
  9. dotarists
  10. dotarizine
  11. dotars

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