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Webster 1913 Edition


Dotard

Do′tard

,
Noun.
[
Dote
,
Verb.
I.
]
One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
The sickly
dotard
wants a wife.
Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dotard

DOTARD

,
Noun.
[dote and ard, kind.]
1.
A man whose intellect is impaired by age; one in his second childhood.
The sickly dotard wants a wife.
2.
A doting fellow; one foolishly fond.