dotard

dotard
dotardly, adv.
/doh"teuhrd/, n.
1. a person, esp. an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.
2. doater2.
[1350-1400; ME; see DOTE, -ARD]

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