noun
- a person who dodders; someone who moves unsteadily or is mentally confused, especially due to old age
Usage: informal; often used with mild disapproval or pity
Examples
- My grandfather jokes that he's becoming a dodderer in his eighties.
- The old dodderer shuffled slowly down the hallway.
- Don't be such a dodderer—you're only sixty!
- She watched the dodderer cross the street at a snail's pace.
- He complained that the new manager was a complete dodderer who couldn't make a decision.