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dotard

[doh-terd]

noun

  1. a person exhibiting a decline in mental faculties, especially as a result of aging.

  2. doater.



dotard

/ ˈ»åÉ™ŹŠ³ŁÉ™»å /

noun

  1. a person who is weak-minded, esp through senility

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • ˈ»å“dzٲ¹°ł»å±ō²ā adjective
  • dotardly adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of dotard1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English doterd, dooterd, dootarde; dote, -ard
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of dotard1

C14: from dote + -ard
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He exchanged ā€œlove lettersā€ with then US President Donald Trump before their three meetings – a man he once called a ā€œdotardā€ suddenly became ā€œspecialā€.

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To them Trump is ā€œstupidā€, ā€œdumbā€, ā€œinarticulateā€, ā€œa liarā€, a ā€œdotardā€ or some other derisive label.

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President Donald Trump as ā€œa mentally deranged U.S. dotardā€ and called Barack Obama a monkey.

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Kim even once referred to Trump as a "dotard" after he threatened to annihilate North Korea with "fire and fury."

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Instead of consistently sounding the alarm, America's mainstream news media and the larger political class insist on depicting him as a buffoon, a dotard or a harmless curiosity.

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