dodderedadj.

/ˈdɒdəd/

Etymology: apparently originally a derivative of dod v.¹ to poll or take the top off (a tree). It is not clear whether it was a contaminated form of dodded adj. ‘polled’, or a mistaken spelling of doddard n., ‘doddered oak’ for ‘doddard oak’ (compare pollard willow ); while the matter is complicated by the earlier use of dottard or dotard (see dotard n.²) in the same sense. In later use there has been unintelligent association with dodder n., and perhaps with dodder v., and its cognates. It is doubtful whether senses 2, 3 belong originally to this word.

a. A word conventionally used (? after Dryden) as an attribute of old oaks (rarely other trees); apparently originally meaning: Having lost the top or branches, esp. through age and decay; hence, remaining as a decayed stump. Johnson explained it as ‘Overgrown with dodder: covered with supercrescent plants’; and this explanation, which was manifestly erroneous, since neither dodder nor any plant like it grows upon trees, has been repeated in the dictionaries, and has influenced literary usage, in which there is often a vague notion of some kind of parasitical accretion accompanying or causing decay.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [adjective] > decayed or dead

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1684 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Eclogues ix, in Misc. Poems 75 From the sloaping Mountain to the Vale, And dodder'd Oak.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii. 905 The peasants were enjoined Sere-wood, and firs, and doddered oaks to find.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 200 The dodder'd oaks Divide, obedient to the forceful strokes.

a1748 Thomson in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) Rots like a dodder'd Oak.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. iii. 275 He passes now the doddered oak, Ye heard the startled raven croak.

1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 202 Doddered trunks of vast size, like those of Granton and Craigleith.

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xii. 206 Nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants.

1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 2 Doddered willows by the watercourses.

1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xxxiv. 314 Sometimes they stood before the vast form of some doddered oak.

b. as past participle.

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1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 255 Near the hearth a Lawrel grew; Dodder'd with Age [L. veterrima laurus].

2. dialect [Cf. dodder v. ]

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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Doddered, confused, shattered, infirm.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Dodder'd, shattered, dilapidated.

3. Of persons: Decayed or impaired with age.

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1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 173 Auld, feckless, doddered men.

Derivatives

ˈdoddering adj. becoming doddered.

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1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 Poetry 235 The doddering oaks forewarn me of decay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doddered
释义	dodderedadj. /ˈdɒdəd/ Etymology: apparently originally a derivative of dod v.¹ to poll or take the top off (a tree). It is not clear whether it was a contaminated form of dodded adj. ‘polled’, or a mistaken spelling of doddard n., ‘doddered oak’ for ‘doddard oak’ (compare pollard willow ); while the matter is complicated by the earlier use of dottard or dotard (see dotard n.²) in the same sense. In later use there has been unintelligent association with dodder n., and perhaps with dodder v., and its cognates. It is doubtful whether senses 2, 3 belong originally to this word. 1. a. A word conventionally used (? after Dryden) as an attribute of old oaks (rarely other trees); apparently originally meaning: Having lost the top or branches, esp. through age and decay; hence, remaining as a decayed stump. Johnson explained it as ‘Overgrown with dodder: covered with supercrescent plants’; and this explanation, which was manifestly erroneous, since neither dodder nor any plant like it grows upon trees, has been repeated in the dictionaries, and has influenced literary usage, in which there is often a vague notion of some kind of parasitical accretion accompanying or causing decay. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [adjective] > decayed or dead doted1466 dotard1585 doting1593 rampike1593 doddle1601 doddered1684 doddard1693 rampiked1790 1684 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Eclogues ix, in Misc. Poems 75 From the sloaping Mountain to the Vale, And dodder'd Oak. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii. 905 The peasants were enjoined Sere-wood, and firs, and doddered oaks to find. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 200 The dodder'd oaks Divide, obedient to the forceful strokes. a1748 Thomson in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) Rots like a dodder'd Oak. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. iii. 275 He passes now the doddered oak, Ye heard the startled raven croak. 1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 202 Doddered trunks of vast size, like those of Granton and Craigleith. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xii. 206 Nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants. 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 2 Doddered willows by the watercourses. 1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xxxiv. 314 Sometimes they stood before the vast form of some doddered oak. b. as past participle. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 255 Near the hearth a Lawrel grew; Dodder'd with Age [L. veterrima laurus]. 2. dialect [Cf. dodder v. ] ΚΠ 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Doddered, confused, shattered, infirm. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Dodder'd, shattered, dilapidated. 3. Of persons: Decayed or impaired with age. ΚΠ 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 173 Auld, feckless, doddered men. Derivatives ˈdoddering adj. becoming doddered. ΚΠ 1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 Poetry 235 The doddering oaks forewarn me of decay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1684
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