ˈdottered,a. App. an obsolete and dialect form of dotard a.: Decayed, tottering, or worn out with age. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 358 b, Dottered Bussardly fables of Purgatory.1884Gd. Words May 324/2 To frighten crows..is..child's play or work for old dottered men.