dotard

dotard englannista suomeksi

1. vanhuudenhöperö

0. Substantiivi

1. vanhuudenhöperö, höppänä

dotard englanniksi

1. An old person with impaired intellect; one in their dotage.

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2. (RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)

3. (RQ:Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing)

4. (RQ:Wollstonecraft Vindication Women)

5. {{quote-text|en|year=1835|author=William Wordsworth|chapter=The Pass of Kirkstone|title=to the Lakes|A Guide through the District of the Lakes|url=http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww451.html

6. 1867, (w), "The Precocious Baby," ''The 'Bab' Ballads'', Complete Edition, Philadelphia: David McKay, no date, p. 73, https://archive.org/details/babballads00gilb

He early determined to marry and wive, / For better or worse / With his elderly nurse, / Which the poor little boy didn't live to contrive: / His health didn't thrive— / No longer alive, / He died an enfeebled old dotard at five!

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8. One who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness; a doter.

9. A (l); someone who displays senility.

10. 14th C., (w), ''(w)'', "The Wife of Bath's Prologue," lines 285-92, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales/The_Wife_of_Bath%27s_Prologue_and_Tale

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11. A fool or simpleton; someone who displays stupidity.