dotardn.¹adj.¹

Brit.

/ˈdəʊtəd/, U.S.

/ˈdoʊdərd/

Forms: Middle English–1500s dooterd, Middle English– dotard, late Middle English dochard (transmission error), 1500s dodart, 1500s dootarde, 1500s doterd, 1500s–1600s dotarde, 1500s–1600s dottard, 1600s–1700s doatard.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.¹, -ard suffix.

Etymology: < dote v.¹ + -ard suffix. Compare earlier dote n.¹ With sense A. 2 compare earlier doter n.¹ 1.

A. n.¹

1. A person whose mental faculties are impaired, spec. a person whose intellect or understanding is impaired in old age. In later use also more generally: an old person.In early use chiefly with reference to men.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > as a result of age

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 2307 (MED) Thoghte Alisandre..‘Hierof this olde dotard lieth.’

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xiv^v Thou blynde dodart these wordes holde thou styll.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 433 The dotard's mind To ev'ry sense is lost, to reason blind.

1803 T. De Quincey Diary 21 May (1928) 176 The wretched drivellings of that old dotard Homer.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlvii. 368 He declared that the dying man's disposition..was the act of an incapable dotard.

1936 D. Wallace So Long to Learn i. 11 Farmers had to make do with boys and dotards instead of men, and even boys and dotards were at a premium.

2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xviii. 138 Can he trust these intimations? Are they not perhaps a dotard's fantasies?

†2. A person who dotes (on or upon a person or thing). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > one showing excessive fondness

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1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love v. v. sig. L2^v Is Criticus turn'd Dotard on himselfe too?

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2 That peeuish dotard on thy excellence.

1751 Adventures Judas Hawke 33 She died..leaving her old dotard inconsolable for the imagined loss of what he had not in his power to gain, viz. her affections.

1862 J. Godkin Educ. in Ireland xi. 134 Peter is..no dreamer about the past, no dotard upon the dead and gone.

B. adj.¹ (chiefly attributive).

Foolish, stupid; (also) of impaired intellect or understanding in old age.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > senile

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doitrified1808

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c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 291 Olde dotard shrewe.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes Prol. f. Aij^v I never sawe a more dootarde foole than Phormio.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 541 To please Your dotard fancies!

1876 A. D. Murray Charnwood 143 My old aunt..has been very feeble and dotard all the winter.

1986 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 Nov. 16/1 A favorite theme..is the..tale of the dotard husband cuckolded by his young wife.

2017 @Skualg 1 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) ‘Keep politics out of sports’ said the dotard politician who subsequently tweeted about sport.

Derivatives

ˈdotardage n. (originally) foolishness; (later) dotage; old age.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > feebleness, senility

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1859 S. Wilberforce in Times 28 Feb. 12/3 He made his colossal fortune out of the drunkenness, the idiotcy, and the drivelling dotardage of the distant Chinese.

2017 @DavidKennerly 22 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I say that as someone who is entering into his own dotardage.

ˈdotardism n. foolishness; dotage.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > feebleness, senility

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1831 Lincoln Herald 7 Oct. 4 Dotardism itself could go no further.

1937 Spectator 8 Oct. 580/1 My frequent protests are received with unfeigned contempt as the drivellings of sentimental dotardism.

2017 @kelzcouch 21 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Dotardism runs rampant in DC.

ˈdotard-like adj.

ΚΠ

1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. i. 12 With great deuotion dotarde like, he vowes to reuerence That, which vnto his life doth seeke to offer violence.

1768 W. Donaldson Life Sir Bartholomew Sapskull I. 71 His father..(dotard like) seem'd fully satisfy'd.

1843 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 12 Jan. 2/3 The dumb dotard-like incapacity of Lord Aberdeen hinders every effort.

2018 @ginrulwestmore 26 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) He is ‘Dotard-like’ in his insatiable need for public attention.

ˈdotardy n. (originally) foolishness; (later) dotage; old age.

ΚΠ

1889 tr. R. Shilleto in C. Whibley In Cap & Gown 228 Some few pedants of true dotardy.

1939 Spectator 5 May 766/1 Through a policy of dotardy and ostrichism, a new British generation may be on the verge of sacrifice.

2018 @roddreher 29 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I have reached that stage of middle-aged dotardy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dotardadj.²n.²

Brit.

/ˈdəʊtəd/, U.S.

/ˈdoʊdərd/

Forms: 1500s–1600s dottard, 1600s– dotard; English regional (Lancashire) 1900s dotert.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: dote v.², -ard suffix; dotard adj.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) < dote v.² + -ard suffix, or perhaps (ii) an extended use of dotard adj.¹, with allusion to the decrepit state of the tree.The nature of any relationship with doddard n. is unclear. Compare similarly dotterel n.² and discussion at doddered adj.

Now historical.

A. adj.² (attributive).

Of a tree: that has lost its branches or upper trunk, esp. through age, damage, or decay; (also) that has been pollarded or cut back.

ΘΚΠ

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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1585 Ld. Burghley Let. in J. M. Fletcher Registrum Annalium Collegii Mertonensis 1567–1603 (1976) 194 The sale of some dottard trees..for their necessary fewell.

1612 R. Ch. Olde Thrift newly Revived i. 2 I haue a speciall care that none of his Maiesties Timber or Dottard trees be taken or felled, but by speciall authoritie.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 139 With the bark they make Tents, and the dotard trees serve for firing.

1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 493 The fittest opportunity for..taking down Pollards and dotard timbers..is when the Hedge itself is felled.

1976 Jrnl. Ecol. 64 139 Dotard and decaying trees are frequently mentioned in documents.

B. n.²

A tree that has lost its branches or upper trunk, esp. through age, damage, or decay. Also: a pollarded tree.

ΘΚΠ

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

dotterela1568

dotard1592

rampike1746

snag1904

1592 Ld. T. Howard Let. in State Papers Domest. Elizabeth I (P.R.O.: SP 12/243) f. 197 The vtter destrucsion of all your M^es woodes, by the warrants and grants out of the exchequer for the sale of Dotardes vnder wich colour the soundest trees hath gone.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §586 We see almost all Over-growne-Trees..are Pollards, or Dottards, and not Trees at their full Height.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Willow A Willow Planted and well manag'd, may continue five and twenty Years..Old rotten Dotards may be fell'd and easily supply'd.

1801 W. Marshall On Appropriation & Inclosure Commonable Lands 21 Dotards, and stinted trees, which afford no increase of value.

2012 Rev. Eng. Stud. 63 415 Mompesson secured a right to all trees in Crown woods classified as dotards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dotard
释义	dotardn.¹adj.¹ Brit. /ˈdəʊtəd/, U.S. /ˈdoʊdərd/ Forms: Middle English–1500s dooterd, Middle English– dotard, late Middle English dochard (transmission error), 1500s dodart, 1500s dootarde, 1500s doterd, 1500s–1600s dotarde, 1500s–1600s dottard, 1600s–1700s doatard. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.¹, -ard suffix. Etymology: < dote v.¹ + -ard suffix. Compare earlier dote n.¹ With sense A. 2 compare earlier doter n.¹ 1. A. n.¹ 1. A person whose mental faculties are impaired, spec. a person whose intellect or understanding is impaired in old age. In later use also more generally: an old person.In early use chiefly with reference to men. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > as a result of age dotea1275 dotarda1393 cocard1393 dotehead1530 doter1568 dotanta1616 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 2307 (MED) Thoghte Alisandre..‘Hierof this olde dotard lieth.’ 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xiv^v Thou blynde dodart these wordes holde thou styll. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 433 The dotard's mind To ev'ry sense is lost, to reason blind. 1803 T. De Quincey Diary 21 May (1928) 176 The wretched drivellings of that old dotard Homer. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlvii. 368 He declared that the dying man's disposition..was the act of an incapable dotard. 1936 D. Wallace So Long to Learn i. 11 Farmers had to make do with boys and dotards instead of men, and even boys and dotards were at a premium. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xviii. 138 Can he trust these intimations? Are they not perhaps a dotard's fantasies? †2. A person who dotes (on or upon a person or thing). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > one showing excessive fondness doter1552 dotard1601 gluttona1704 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love v. v. sig. L2^v Is Criticus turn'd Dotard on himselfe too? 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D2 That peeuish dotard on thy excellence. 1751 Adventures Judas Hawke 33 She died..leaving her old dotard inconsolable for the imagined loss of what he had not in his power to gain, viz. her affections. 1862 J. Godkin Educ. in Ireland xi. 134 Peter is..no dreamer about the past, no dotard upon the dead and gone. B. adj.¹ (chiefly attributive). Foolish, stupid; (also) of impaired intellect or understanding in old age. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > senile doteda1375 dotardc1405 dotterel1577 dotardly1632 doitereda1790 doitrified1808 doitering1828 gaga1920 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 291 Olde dotard shrewe. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes Prol. f. Aij^v I never sawe a more dootarde foole than Phormio. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 541 To please Your dotard fancies! 1876 A. D. Murray Charnwood 143 My old aunt..has been very feeble and dotard all the winter. 1986 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 Nov. 16/1 A favorite theme..is the..tale of the dotard husband cuckolded by his young wife. 2017 @Skualg 1 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) ‘Keep politics out of sports’ said the dotard politician who subsequently tweeted about sport. Derivatives ˈdotardage n. (originally) foolishness; (later) dotage; old age. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > feebleness, senility dotagec1405 dotardism1831 dotardage1859 1859 S. Wilberforce in Times 28 Feb. 12/3 He made his colossal fortune out of the drunkenness, the idiotcy, and the drivelling dotardage of the distant Chinese. 2017 @DavidKennerly 22 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I say that as someone who is entering into his own dotardage. ˈdotardism n. foolishness; dotage. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > feebleness, senility dotagec1405 dotardism1831 dotardage1859 1831 Lincoln Herald 7 Oct. 4 Dotardism itself could go no further. 1937 Spectator 8 Oct. 580/1 My frequent protests are received with unfeigned contempt as the drivellings of sentimental dotardism. 2017 @kelzcouch 21 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Dotardism runs rampant in DC. ˈdotard-like adj. ΚΠ 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. i. 12 With great deuotion dotarde like, he vowes to reuerence That, which vnto his life doth seeke to offer violence. 1768 W. Donaldson Life Sir Bartholomew Sapskull I. 71 His father..(dotard like) seem'd fully satisfy'd. 1843 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 12 Jan. 2/3 The dumb dotard-like incapacity of Lord Aberdeen hinders every effort. 2018 @ginrulwestmore 26 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) He is ‘Dotard-like’ in his insatiable need for public attention. ˈdotardy n. (originally) foolishness; (later) dotage; old age. ΚΠ 1889 tr. R. Shilleto in C. Whibley In Cap & Gown 228 Some few pedants of true dotardy. 1939 Spectator 5 May 766/1 Through a policy of dotardy and ostrichism, a new British generation may be on the verge of sacrifice. 2018 @roddreher 29 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I have reached that stage of middle-aged dotardy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dotardadj.²n.² Brit. /ˈdəʊtəd/, U.S. /ˈdoʊdərd/ Forms: 1500s–1600s dottard, 1600s– dotard; English regional (Lancashire) 1900s dotert. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: dote v.², -ard suffix; dotard adj.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) < dote v.² + -ard suffix, or perhaps (ii) an extended use of dotard adj.¹, with allusion to the decrepit state of the tree.The nature of any relationship with doddard n. is unclear. Compare similarly dotterel n.² and discussion at doddered adj. Now historical. A. adj.² (attributive). Of a tree: that has lost its branches or upper trunk, esp. through age, damage, or decay; (also) that has been pollarded or cut back. 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 1585 Ld. Burghley Let. in J. M. Fletcher Registrum Annalium Collegii Mertonensis 1567–1603 (1976) 194 The sale of some dottard trees..for their necessary fewell. 1612 R. Ch. Olde Thrift newly Revived i. 2 I haue a speciall care that none of his Maiesties Timber or Dottard trees be taken or felled, but by speciall authoritie. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 139 With the bark they make Tents, and the dotard trees serve for firing. 1785 W. Marshall Planting & Ornamental Gardening 493 The fittest opportunity for..taking down Pollards and dotard timbers..is when the Hedge itself is felled. 1976 Jrnl. Ecol. 64 139 Dotard and decaying trees are frequently mentioned in documents. B. n.² A tree that has lost its branches or upper trunk, esp. through age, damage, or decay. Also: a pollarded tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > decayed or dead dotterela1568 dotard1592 rampike1746 snag1904 1592 Ld. T. Howard Let. in State Papers Domest. Elizabeth I (P.R.O.: SP 12/243) f. 197 The vtter destrucsion of all your M^es woodes, by the warrants and grants out of the exchequer for the sale of Dotardes vnder wich colour the soundest trees hath gone. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §586 We see almost all Over-growne-Trees..are Pollards, or Dottards, and not Trees at their full Height. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Willow A Willow Planted and well manag'd, may continue five and twenty Years..Old rotten Dotards may be fell'd and easily supply'd. 1801 W. Marshall On Appropriation & Inclosure Commonable Lands 21 Dotards, and stinted trees, which afford no increase of value. 2012 Rev. Eng. Stud. 63 415 Mompesson secured a right to all trees in Crown woods classified as dotards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.¹a1393adj.²n.²1585
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Derivatives

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