dotard

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Recent Examples of dotard Gary Chryst, the most admired artist of the Joffrey Ballet of yore appearing with Ballet Theater as a guest, makes Dodon a rivetingly doting dotard. Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 7 June 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dotard
Noun
  • Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • Land on something soft, Elizabeth Eckstrom, MD, MPH, chief of geriatrics at the Oregon Health & Science University hospital, tells SELF.
    Katie Camero, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Salamon and her sister Suzanne, a geriatric doctor, decided to move their mother up to Boston, where her sister who is head of geriatrics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, lives.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Playing an acid-tongue dowager or master teacher of witchcraft came naturally to her, but what thrilled her about acting was its transformative freedom.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • There were pompous society dowagers with melting faces, young beauties with speckled dresses, unexpected sphinxes and nature spirits.
    Will Heinrich, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • That’s partly thanks to Harrison Ford and Neil Flynn’s easy old-timer chemistry.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Playa del Fuego in May and Constellation Burn in October are both in Pennsylvania, and attract old-timer burners who are committed to the 10 Principles of Burning Man, including Radical Inclusion.
    Alden Wicker, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Providers say the number has risen since then, particularly among senior citizens who are losing their housing to rising rents.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
  • With no obvious means of access to the facility on her own, Julie decides to send a senior citizen in there to pose as a new resident and get to the bottom of this.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Seven deputies are charged with a single felony count of elder or dependent adult abuse: deputies Donall Rowe, Ross Burruel, Robinderpal Hayer, Andre Gaston, Syear Osmani, Mateusz Laszuk and Christopher Haendel.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Four church elders, Kevin Grove, Thomas Miller, Jeremy Carrasco and Gayland Lawshe, were removed after the investigation concluded.
    Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Dotard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotard. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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