dotard

An archaic noun referring to an elderly person, especially one who is weak or senile.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Substantiv für einen alten Menschen, besonders einen schwachen oder geistig verwirrten Greis.

1. Old person with diminished mental capacity C2 formal

   An elderly person, especially one who has become weak or senile.

   • The old dotard could not remember his own name.
   • He was dismissed as a dotard by the younger generation.
   • The dotard sat muttering to himself in the corner.

   🇩🇪Tattergreis

   Synonyme: dodderersenile

• dotards plural form
• dotards' possessive plural form
• dotard's possessive singular form