doddering
adjective
[ ˈdɒdərɪŋ ]
• moving in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age.
• "that doddering old fool"
dodder
verb
• move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age.
• "an elderly couple gave us a concerned glance as they doddered past"
Similar:
totter,
teeter,
toddle,
hobble,
shuffle,
shamble,
falter,
walk haltingly,
walk with difficulty,
move falteringly,
stumble,
stagger,
sway,
lurch,
reel,
wobble,
shake,
tremble,
quiver,
hirple,
doddle,
tottering,
tottery,
teetering,
doddery,
staggering,
shuffling,
shambling,
faltering,
shaking,
shaky,
unsteady,
wobbly,
wobbling,
trembling,
trembly,
quivering,
feeble,
frail,
weak,
weakly,
infirm,
decrepit,
aged,
old,
elderly,
long in the tooth,
in one's dotage,
senile,
Origin:
early 17th century: variant of obsolete dialect dadder ; related to dither.
