dotard
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Mr. Shapiro concluded: “That said, the imagery of a dotard who can barely form words from his face-hole actually being a laser-eyed deathlord is pretty hilarious.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
The dictator responded with a heckling that briefly make the term "dotard" the world of the day.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2022
Even with all her love, there was only so much that could be done for the poor dotard and so on.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2020
When words and phrases like "wack job," "mentally deranged" and "dotard" are exchanged, it's no surprise the U.S. and North Korea aren't allies.
From Fox News ● Feb. 12, 2020
I will not step down to be the dotard chamberlain of an upstart.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Some 20 minutes later the two dotards, traveling at their turtle pace, reached the 18th green, approached the greenskeeper.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Premier Blum next day entered the Senatorial Bastille, all his bridges had been burned by the "dotards" demonstration of the afternoon before.
From Time Magazine Archive
Skinner's big fresh idea results in the retention of dotards; in a picture feeble, mild as goose milk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Children are not childish all through any more than dotards are dotards all through.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was a philosophical parallelism; and the corollary pinched the present generation concerning their witches, they who were now holding their fathers dotards for their belief in fairies.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
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