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dotard

/ˈdəʊtəd/noun

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सठियाया हुआ बूढ़ा, बुढ़ापे से कमज़ोर बुद्धि वाला

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noun
  1. 1

    [C] old-fashioned, disapproving

    an old person whose mind is weak because of old age

    सठियाया हुआ बूढ़ा, बुढ़ापे से कमज़ोर बुद्धि वाला

    • The young officers mocked the general as a dotard.
    • He was no dotard, but a sharp old man.
◇Word family
dotage noundote verb
§Grammar and usage

Usage: The related noun dotage means the period of old age when a person's mind is weak, as in 'in his dotage'.

Usage में इससे जुड़ा noun dotage बुढ़ापे का वह समय है जब दिमाग कमज़ोर हो जाता है, जैसे 'in his dotage'।