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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dod•dered (dod′ərd),USA pronunciation adj. - infirm;
feeble. - Plant Biology(of a tree) having lost most of its branches owing to decay or age.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dod•der1 /ˈdɑdɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to shake;
tremble;
walk in an unsteady or shaky way.
dod•der•ing, adj.: a doddering old man. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dod•der1 (dod′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to shake;
tremble;
totter.
- compare dither, totter, teeter, etc. 1610–20
- Plant Biologya leafless parasitic plant, Cuscuta gronovii, having dense clusters of small, white, bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine about clover or flax. Also called love vine.
- 1225–75; Middle English doder; cognate with Dutch, Danish dodder, Middle Low German dod(d)er, Middle High German toter, German Dotter
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dodder /ˈdɒdə/ vb (intransitive)- to move unsteadily; totter
- to shake or tremble, as from age
Etymology: 17th Century: variant of earlier dadder; related to Norwegian dudra to trembleˈdodderer n ˈdoddery adj dodder /ˈdɒdə/ n - any rootless parasitic plant of the convolvulaceous genus Cuscuta, lacking chlorophyll and having slender twining stems with suckers for drawing nourishment from the host plant, scalelike leaves, and whitish flowers
Etymology: 13th Century: of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dodder, Middle High German toter |