单词 | dottered |
释义 | dotteredadj. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Now rare. Chiefly of a person: foolish, stupid; (also) having one's mental faculties impaired in old age. Cf. dotard adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [adjective] dottered1581 old fogeyish1883 geriatric1926 adult1994 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius iii. f. 358v Dottered Bussardly fables of Purgatory [L. commenta plusquam anilia de purgatorio]. 1704 in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) II. 63 Thou old dottered George, whom we thought mysterious, It's plain you'r ane old fool. 1884 Good Words May 324/2 To frighten crows..is..child's play or work for old dottered men. 1904 R. Ford Children's Rhymes (ed. 2) 20 Willie Warstle, auld Carle, Dottered, dune, and doited bodie. 1928 Banffshire Jrnl. 30 Aug. 3/5 For her heart's bleed is davert, she's dottered and auld. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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