| 单词 | dotard |
| 例句 | I will not step down to be the dotard chamberlain of an upstart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In response, Kim calls Trump “a frightened dog” and “a mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The dictator responded with a heckling that briefly make the term "dotard" the world of the day. Politics & performance: Why Zelenskyy succeeds where others fail 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z That word captured the world's attention in September, when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un referred to President Trump as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” Feminism is word of the year, Merriam-Webster announces 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Another frequently searched-for word was “dotard,” an antiquated term for an elderly person with senility. Feminism is word of the year, Merriam-Webster announces 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Even with all her love, there was only so much that could be done for the poor dotard and so on. The more dysfunctional the royals are, the more their fans love them 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Siegfried's motivation, at least in part, is his frustration at the straitjacket of protocol, but in this court, peopled by mad dotards and eccentric old queens, it's clear that anything goes. Swan Lake ? review 2011-01-30T00:05:59Z President Donald Trump as “a mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and called Barack Obama a monkey. North Korea calls South’s leader a ‘guy with a trash-like brain’ as it slams his UN speech 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Kim even once referred to Trump as a "dotard" after he threatened to annihilate North Korea with "fire and fury." "Those are so top secret": Bob Woodward releases hours of Trump tapes — including damning admission 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Instead of consistently sounding the alarm, America's mainstream news media and the larger political class insist on depicting him as a buffoon, a dotard or a harmless curiosity. You laughed at Trump for screwing up J.D. Vance's name. Did that save Roe v. Wade? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The two leaders exchanged personal insults like “little Rocket Man” and “U.S. dotard.” Departing South Korean Leader Exchanges Farewell Letters With Kim Jong-un 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Face it: The American public has a soft spot for soft heads and rewards these dotards with attention, repeated viewing and reading. Will we really let ourselves be governed by irredeemable morons? That's the choice, America 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Trump as a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard". North Korea's tests and summits over recent years 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Trump as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard”. Timeline: North Korea's tests and summits over recent years 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Trump as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” Timeline: Key events in North Korea-U.S. ties since 2017 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Trump publicly derided the North Korean leader as “Rocket Man,” while the U.S. president was mocked in official North Korean communiques as a “dotard.” As Kim wooed Trump with ‘love letters,’ he kept building his nuclear capability, intelligence shows 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Trump publicly derided the North Korean leader as “Rocket Man,” while the U.S. president was mocked in official North Korean communiqués as a “dotard.” As Kim wooed Trump with ‘love letters,’ he kept building his nuclear capability, intelligence shows 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Not to be outdone, Kim called Trump a "mentally deranged dotard," sparking millions to flood dictionary websites, and said he is "unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country." 5 times Trump lobbed insults at world leaders 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z An official statement from Kim Jong Un in September 2017, in reference to Trump’s speech at the U.N., declared that “I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” From 'Rocketman' to 'dotard,' Trump and North Korea's history of trading insults 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Kim questioned Trump’s sanity and said he would “tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” Trump faces raft of foreign policy challenges in new year 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Kim retorted that Mr. Trump was “a mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” Trump Officials Block U.N. Meeting on Human Rights Abuses in North Korea 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z He described Trump as impatient, rebuked him over his own rhetoric and repeated a threat from last week that Pyongyang would dust off its previous insult “dotard” for the U.S. leader. North Korea resumes insults of 'erratic old man' Trump 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Trump said he would rain “fire and fury” on North Korea and derided Kim as “little rocket man”, while Kim questioned Trump’s sanity and said he would “tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire”. North Korea insults Trump as 'heedless and erratic old man' as tension rises 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Merriam-Webster defines dotard as a “state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise.” From 'Rocketman' to 'dotard,' Trump and North Korea's history of trading insults 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z After Trump referred to Kim in London as “rocket man,” a reprise of his pre-summit insults, a North Korean official condemned it as the act of “a dotard,” a repeat of their earlier barb. Column: Trump gets little credit for foreign policy — for good reason 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z On Thursday, North Korea’s first vice foreign minister, Choe Son-hui, said that Mr. Trump’s use of the “rocket man” insult was a sign of “the relapse of the dotage of a dotard.” Trump Officials Block U.N. Meeting on Human Rights Abuses in North Korea 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Things have gotten frosty of late, with officials in Pyongyang reportedly threatening to resume calling Mr. Trump “dotard.” Trump doesn’t think Kim Jong Un will rain on his 2020 parade 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” North Korea Threatens New ‘Dotard’ Insults if Trump Revives Name-Calling 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z 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 'Rocketman' to 'dotard,' Trump and North Korea's history of trading insults 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr Trump's attitude "must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard", says its foreign ministry. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The foreign ministry said if Mr Trump was confrontational, it "must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard". North Korea attacks Trump's 'dotage of a dotard' 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z “If any language and expressions stoking the atmosphere of confrontation are used once again … that must really be diagnosed as the relapse of the dotage of a dotard,” Choe said. ‘Dotard’: North Korea threatens to resume Trump insults 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z North Korea warned Thursday that it may start calling the U.S. leader a “dotard” again if he continues to refer to Kim Jong Un with the moniker. North Korea to Trump: Stop calling Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’, or we’ll call you a ‘dotard’ 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Trump said he would rain “fire and fury” on North Korea and derided Kim as “little rocket man”, while Kim questioned Trump’s sanity and said he would “tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire”. War of words: North Korea threatens to launch fresh ‘dotard’ insults at Trump 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z President Donald Trump and consider him a “dotard” if he keeps using words that provoke the North. North Korea threatens to resume calling Trump ‘dotard’ 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The North first called Mr Trump a dotard, meaning old and weak, in 2017. North Korea attacks Trump's 'dotage of a dotard' 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Trump said he would rain “fire and fury” on North Korea and derided Kim as “little rocket man,” while Kim questioned Trump’s sanity and said he would “tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” ‘Dotard’: North Korea threatens to resume Trump insults 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Prior to the overtures, the North Koreans referred to Trump as a “dotard.” North Korea labels Biden a 'rabid dog' for taking swipe at dignity of Kim regime 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z In response, North Korea issued a rare direct statement from Kim, vowing to “tame the mentally deranged U. S. dotard with fire.” North Korea complains at UN about US ‘provocations’ 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Photos showed Kim talking amicably with Trump, a man he once derided as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard”. Measured North Korea media over failed summit signals Kim not about... 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z At the time, Trump mocked Kim as “Little Rocket Man,” while Kim said Trump was a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard,” a word suggesting senility. ‘We fell in love’: Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Insults flew about the U.S. “dotard” and the North’s “rocket man.” Fire, fury, love? The mythology behind the Trump-Kim summit 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The president dubbed the North Korean leader “Little Rocket Man,” and Kim in turn called Trump a “dotard.” From Kim summit to Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing, 7 political moments that defined 2018 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z There was no more talk about Trump being a “mentally deranged dotard” or Kim being a “maniac,” the musty insults of an earlier time. Trump’s 2018: A year in a stranger-than-sitcom presidency 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Last December, as US President Donald Trump was threatening Pyongyang with fire and fury and Kim Jong-un was describing the US president as a "dotard", others were looking for opportunities to ease the rising tensions. The football game that kicked off peace 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z "Whenever Kim Jong-un does something like firing off a missile or calling Trump a 'dotard', then my phone goes with a job," Howard says. 'We're the Kim Jong-un Impersonators Union' 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Kim issued a harshly worded statement from Pyongyang, dubbing the thin-skinned Trump a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard." Some see signs of hope on North Korea as Trump heads to UN 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Kim issued a harshly worded statement from Pyongyang, dubbing the thin-skinned Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” Some see signs of hope on North Korea as Trump heads to UN 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Several times last year, Trump referred to the dictator as “little rocket man,” while Kim reciprocated by labelling the president a “mentally deranged dotard”. Mike Pompeo to give Kim Jong-un 'Rocket Man CD' during nuclear talks 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z With one or two exceptions, and those are most often impossible to predict, the tanking parade is a case of the hapless leading the dotards. Tank to the Top? Not So Fast 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Less than a year ago, Mr. Trump derided Mr. Kim as “Rocket Man” and threatened to rain down “fire and fury” on North Korea, while Mr. Kim called Mr. Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” North Korea Film Glorifies Kim’s World Debut, With Trump in Starring Role 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump after his summit with Kim Jong Un and it's a far cry from the dotard label their government slapped on him last year. After summit, North Korea shows Trump in new light 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Kim was previously mocked by Trump as a “little rocket man” on a suicide mission, and the North Korean leader declared that Trump was a “U.S. dotard”. Ivanka Trump's 'Chinese proverb' tweet mystifies China 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z This was a rare neutral mention of the U.S. leader, who is more frequently called a “dotard” or “senile” in state propaganda. Perspective | Reporter’s notebook: Covering North Korea, daring to hope for change 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z In return, Mr Kim called him "mentally deranged" and a "dotard". Trump: Kim has one shot at peace 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z He exchanged threats of nuclear annihilation with President Trump, calling the American leader a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” Kim Jong-un’s Image Shift: From Nuclear Madman to Skillful Leader 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump now that his summit with leader Kim Jong Un is over and it’s a far cry from the “dotard” label their government slapped on him last year. After summit, North Korea shows Trump in new light 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z At the height of nuclear tensions between the countries last year, Kim Jong Un personally called Trump “the mentally deranged U.S. dotard” after hearing Trump portraying him as “the Rocket Man” on a “suicide mission.” Trump balks at North Korea’s rhetoric but it has used worse 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z They just never really got around to replacing it with “something better”, I believe their dotard leader said. On Anniversary of House Obamacare Repeal, Democrats Look to Extract a Price 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z He still hasn’t given up his nuclear weapons, but he has agreed to stop calling me a dotard. Opinion | President Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z He says he will “surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” A look at verbal exchanges between Trump, Kim and Moon 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Last year, South Koreans fretted as they watched Mr. Trump threaten to “totally destroy” North Korea; Mr. Kim, in turn, called him a senile “dotard.” Fear and Hope in South Korea on Eve of Summit With Kim Jong-un 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Based on my discussion with Chinese, the Chinese leadership became increasingly alarmed about the escalating insults between "rocket man" Kim and "dotard" Trump. Sanctions Are Hurting North Korea. Can They Make Kim Give In? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z He did so while also trading insults with Trump, calling the president last summer a "dotard." South Korea's President Moon says North Korea appears serious about denuclearization 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Kim responded with threats and insults of his own, calling Trump “deranged” and a “dotard.” AP-NORC Poll: Americans open to Trump’s planned NKorea talks 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z But given that the two leaders have swapped insults, with Trump calling Kim a madman and Kim labeling Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard,” perhaps Pompeo’s words will be considered mild. Pompeo could play a key role in North Korea talks — when and if they happen 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Kim could match the president he called “the mentally deranged U.S. dotard” bombast for bombast. Trump’s Abrupt ‘Yes’ to North Korea: The 45 Minutes That Could Alter History 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z In recent months, Mr Trump has belittled Mr Kim as the "rocket man", threatening him with "fire and fury", while Mr Kim has called Mr Trump "a mentally deranged US dotard". US surprise at 'dramatic' N Korea shift 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Kim responded by calling the U.S. president a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard”. Trump says prepared to meet North Korea's Kim in first-ever such... 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Will Kim now give up his fathers legacy because the dotard in the White House says he must? Rewrite Iran Deal? Europeans Offer a Different Solution: A New Chapter 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z In response, Mr. Kim said he would deploy the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history” against the United States, and described Mr. Trump as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” Military Quietly Prepares for a Last Resort: War With North Korea 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Then there’s an existential threat unrelated to the global danger caused by Kim Jong-un and his dotard nemesis trading insults and arguing button size. First time lucky: why NFL teams should leave coaching retreads on the scrap heap 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z This follows the trading of insults such as "dotard" and "little rocket man" between the two, as North Korea continues to test missiles. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Kim responded by calling the U.S. president a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard”. Trump says prepared to meet North Korea's Kim in first-ever such... 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z He also called Trump a “mentally deranged dotard.” 2017 was the year when North Korea became a threat to the U.S. mainland 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Not to be outdone, North Korea dubbed Trump an “ageing lunatic” and “senile dotard”. Trump, Putin and Xi: a year of tough-guy leaders and foolish brinkmanship 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z North Korea: At times the taunts had a schoolyard flavor to them - a “dotard” versus “Little Rocket Man.” AP Poll: Sexual misconduct allegations voted top news story 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z North Korea: At times the taunts had a schoolyard flavor to them — a “dotard” versus “Little Rocket Man.” AP Poll: Sexual misconduct allegations voted top news story 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z During the campaign, the dotard worried about people “dying in the streets;” today, all he cares about is “a win” for his desperate self at any cost. Republican Tax Bill in Final Sprint Across Finish Line 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z You should warn men not to read this, because you're about to see a spike in dotard getting injured by such a stunt. What Happens When You Microwave a Boiled Egg 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Ironically, the term "dotard" correctly describes this person! Trump Shares Inflammatory Anti-Muslim Videos, and Britain’s Leader Condemns Them 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z He called Mr. Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” in September after the president threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if it endangered the United States. Restoring North Korea to Terrorism Blacklist Dims Hopes for Talks 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z He called Trump a “mentally deranged dotard” and worse still, “old”. Boys and their toys: Trump and Kim finally find a shared interest – big trucks! 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z North Korea has also called Trump a “dotard”. Trump releases slow-motion video of his Asia tour set to trance music 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z North Korea weeks ago responded by calling Mr. Trump a “dotard,” a rarely used insult that refers to an older person who is weak or senile. Kellyanne Conway, White House counselor, downplays Trump’s “short and fat” tweet at Kim Jong-un 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z North Korea responded with another personal attack on Trump, whom Kim labelled a “rogue” and a “dotard” in September. Trump defends strong rhetoric in calling North Korea 'a threat to civilised world' 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z After the president gave Kim the nickname “Rocket Man” and imposed a new round of sanctions, the 33-year-old dictator called Trump “a mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” Analysis | The Daily 202: Hawks worry about the lack of American resolve to confront North Korea 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Kim responded with dire threats and insults of his own, calling Trump "deranged" and a "dotard." Most Americans Think Trump's North Korea Strategy Is Making Things Worse 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z In a speech at the UN in September, Mr Trump accused Mr Kim of being "on a suicide mission" - while Mr Kim responded by vowing to "tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire". US flies bombers over Korean peninsula 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z When President Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea last month, Mr. Kim vowed to “tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” North Korean Hackers Stole U.S.-South Korean Military Plans, Lawmaker Says 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Mr Kim responded with a rare statement, vowing to "tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire". N Korea 'hacks US-S Korea war plan' 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z He is mocked by the North Korean dictator as a dotard. Opinion | Greatness is within Trump’s reach 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Kim responded by saying he would "tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire." Rex Tillerson: U.S. Has Direct 'Lines of Communication' With North Korea 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr Kim retorted that he would “surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire”. It is too late to get North Korea to give up its nukes 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Both leaders are trying to outdo each other in the insult department, from “rocket man” and “dotard” to “little rocket man” and “the ringleader of aggressors.” North Korea’s words are the same. It’s Trump’s reaction that makes this different. 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z “I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire,” proclaimed Kim, who apparently relied upon a translation tool that uses archaic English vocabulary. Opinion | Rocket Man and Dotard go bonkers in Toontown 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Trump has tweeted vague threats to “Rocket Man” Kim, and the North Korean dictator has fired back at “dotard” Trump. Almost no North Koreans travel to the U.S., so why ban them? 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Since then, the hostile comments have flown back and forth almost daily, with Kim calling Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and Trump gleefully repeating the “Little Rocket Man” put-down. North Korea threatens to shoot down U.S. warplanes 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z In an unprecedented direct statement on Friday, Kim responded by calling Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” whom he would tame with fire. North Korea says U.S. 'declared war,' warns it could shoot down U.S. bombers 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z In an unprecedented direct statement on Friday, Kim described Trump as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” whom he would tame with fire. Trump cranks up North Korea threats as Pyongyang holds anti-U.S. rally 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z The flight follows a week of heated rhetoric between the leaders of both countries - after Mr Trump's comments, Mr Kim called him "mentally deranged" and "a dotard". US and N Korea leaders sharpen threats 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Kim’s statement also said that North Korea would consider doing something major in response: “Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say.” Asia learns to live with Trump rhetoric, but unease remains 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Kim called Trump “a mentally deranged U.S. dotard,” Trump denounced Kim as a “madman,” and each vowed to test the other as never before. Poll: Far more trust generals than Trump on N. Korea, while two-thirds oppose preemptive strike 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z In an unprecedented direct statement on Friday, Kim responded by calling Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” whom he would tame with fire. North Korea says U.S. 'declared war,' warns it could shoot down U.S. bombers 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z In an unprecedented direct statement on Friday, Kim described Trump as a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” whom he would tame with fire. Trump cranks up North Korea threats as Pyongyang holds anti-U.S. rally 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Trump called the North Korean leader a “madman” on Friday, a day after Kim dubbed him a “mentally deranged US dotard”. North Korea: firing rockets on US mainland 'inevitable' says foreign minister 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z His statement referred to Trump as a “dotard,” an old person who is weak-minded or senile. Asia learns to live with Trump rhetoric, but unease remains 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Kim Jong Un this week personally took to North Korean television to deliver a denunciation of Trump, whom he called a “dotard.” North Korea foreign minister says Trump's insults make rocket attack on U.S. 'inevitable all the more' 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z While the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, attacked Mr. Trump from afar — calling him a “dotard” in a statement on North Korean national television — others used their platforms at the United Nations to respond. How World Leaders Reacted to Trump at the U.N. 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump called the North Korean leader a “madman” on Friday, a day after Kim dubbed him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” who would face the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history”. U.S. bombers, fighters, stage show of force off North Korean coast 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z In an unprecedented personal statement on Friday, Mr. Kim called Mr. Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and the North Korean foreign minister raised the prospect of exploding a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific. Kim Jong-un, Taking On U.S. Directly, Sidelines China and South Korea 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Kim called Trump a “mentally deranged US dotard” and said he would “pay dearly” for threatening to destroy his regime. Tracking Trump: trading threats as tension builds with North Korea 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Kim responded to Trump’s speech by calling him a “mentally deranged US dotard”. Trump's debut at the UN: threats, taunts – and gasps of alarm from the diplomats 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z The latest exchange began late Thursday, when Kim called Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and referred to Trump’s speech at the United Nations on Tuesday as “unprecedented rude nonsense.” Trump escalates a war of words with North Korea, calling leader Kim a ‘madman’ 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump called the North Korean leader a “madman” on Friday, a day after Kim dubbed him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” who would face the “highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history”. U.S. bombers, fighters, stage show of force off North Korean coast 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump derided Mr. Kim as a “madman” on Friday, hours after the North Korean called him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard,” the sort of name-calling exchange most presidents have avoided. White House Weighs Response to North Korea’s Threats 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The North Korean leader earlier labelled Mr Trump "mentally deranged" and a "dotard" after Mr Trump threatened to destroy his country. US-N Korea row 'like kindergarten fight' 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Kim volleyed insults back at Trump in an unprecedented personal statement Thursday, calling Trump “a mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and a “gangster” who had to be tamed “with fire.” Aides warned Trump not to attack North Korea's leader personally before his fiery U.N. address 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z “Action,” Kim went on, “is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say.” 'Dotard' rockets from obscurity to light up Trump-Kim exchange, spark partisan war of words 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In his statement, the leader calls Trump a "dotard" — a person in a state of "senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness," according to Merriam-Webster — and describes him as "mentally deranged." Read Kim Jong Un's Entire Response to Donald Trump 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z On Friday morning, less than a day after Kim called Trump "deranged" and a "dotard," Trump took to Twitter to declare that the North Korean strongman is "obviously a madman." President Trump Says Kim Jong Un 'Is Obviously a Madman' 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z That Mr. Kim would call Mr. Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” on Friday was something more of a surprise. Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ How Harsh Is That Burn? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The war of words continues to escalate between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who on Thursday referred to the head of state as a "mentally deranged U.S. dotard." A Brief History of North Korea's Insults to World Leaders 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z It was fashionable centuries ago, turning up in Chaucer — “olde dotard shrewe” — and Shakespeare — “I speak not like a dotard nor a fool” — among literary greats. 'Dotard' rockets from obscurity to light up Trump-Kim exchange, spark partisan war of words 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Action is the best option in treating the dotard* who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say. Read Kim Jong Un's Entire Response to Donald Trump 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Clearly angered by the threat to "destroy" his country, Mr Kim promises to "tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire". Decoding Kim's nuclear Pacific threat 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The word “dotard” in particular sent people to the dictionary to look up the arcane put-down. Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ How Harsh Is That Burn? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly the word has spawned its own hashtag #dotard, which has since trended worldwide. 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say. The Full Text of Kim Jong-un’s Response to President Trump 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z He ended by saying he would "surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire", employing a rarely used word for an old person. 'Deranged' Trump hardens Kim's will 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say,” he added. Kim’s Rejoinder to Trump’s Rocket Man: ‘Mentally Deranged U.S. Dotard’ 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “I speak not like a dotard nor a fool,” Leonato says in “Much Ado About Nothing.” Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ How Harsh Is That Burn? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The English version of Kim Jong Un's fiery statement calls Trump "dotard." 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z According to Merriam-Webster, a dotard describes a person who is in a state of "senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness." Kim Jong Un Called President Trump a 'Dotard.' What Does That Mean? 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “Action is the best option in treating the dotard, who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say,” he said. Kim Jong-un warns 'deranged' Trump he will 'pay dearly' for North Korea threats 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U. S. dotard with fire.” Kim’s Rejoinder to Trump’s Rocket Man: ‘Mentally Deranged U.S. Dotard’ 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The obscurity of “dotard” made it perfect fodder for social media, generating quips about the otherwise unfunny subjects of ballistic missiles, nuclear tests and escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ How Harsh Is That Burn? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z It also appears to have form, as she has even been called - wait for it - a "dotard". 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Following the release of the statement, Merriam-Webster said online that searches for the definition of the word dotard are "high as a kite." Kim Jong Un Called President Trump a 'Dotard.' What Does That Mean? 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Like lunch with some dotard at the Garrick club, a job in, say, Westminster comes with reminders to respect the quaint culture created by preceding generations of men. Sexist remarks are just the tip of an ingrained culture| Catherine Bennett 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z And when we finally realize these things we are dotards, and our realization laughs. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Merriam-Webster noted that “dotard” comes from “dotage,” a word meaning “a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness.” Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ How Harsh Is That Burn? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z On Friday the English-speaking world was startled to find itself suddenly reacquainted with the 14th Century term "dotard", thanks to an unlikely source - Kim Jong-un. 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z "I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire." Kim Jong Un Called President Trump a 'Dotard.' What Does That Mean? 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Voices Down with Nahum.—Treason.—Imre, the dotard.—Traitor.—What was the decision?—What did the king say?—Peace, hail to peace.—God’s judgment. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z Not dotards and thieves, but a voice combining generosity, ease, and hope: is the voice I invent when insomnia takes me: for a moment it speaks out of the past. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z “Eyes and brains to the dotard lethargic and dull, Pale ravener of horrible meat.” Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ How Harsh Is That Burn? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Mr Kim used "dotard" not once, but twice, to refer to Mr Trump. 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z There was something so demoniacal in the old dotard's passion, in its very futility, in its very violence, that the girl shrank like Frankenstein before the monster she had aroused. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Is it that of Nahum, the huckster, and that of Imre, the dotard; or is it your hour, people of Jerusalem? Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z And how was he going to extract his money, his six thousand, from this unreasonable old dotard--for so he styled him in his wrath? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Nara dared--the insolent dotard!--he dared to spread reports among the people to the detriment of him, the Hojo! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z But he ended his screed with the ominous line: "I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire." 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z I guessed that she had run away into the country until she could wheedle enough money to pay me out of the dotard husband. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z I was entirely out of my mind, old dotard that I am!” Where Love Is There God Is Also 2012-01-20T03:00:10.553Z He would show the old dotard who was the better man! A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z I saw a smile Upon the dotard's face, when now the steeds Were harnessed and the chariot, on the sand Along the circling margin of the bay, Flew, swift as light. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z Searches for 'dotard' are high as a kite. 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The game is up unless we get rid of this dotard and this boy. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z We both know Mr. Fabian is a dotard about us. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z Could this tremulous dotard be the redoubtable master of crime whom he and his uncle had been fighting throughout the last crowded week? The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Get out of here, you tonsured dotard, canon of Satan! The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z "Action is the best option in treating the dotard who, hard of hearing, is uttering only what he wants to say," Mr Kim wrote, displaying a keen sense of the original meaning of the word. 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Now is the Sun, erst spendthrift of his rays And lavish of his largesses of light, Become a miser in his latter days, An avaricious dotard, alter'd quite. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z Among the most enthusiastic of his listeners were the weak old dotard Charles IV., Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z And certainly this man resembled a dotard of seventy; he was a bent and broken-down old man with nothing of the dignity of age about him. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Unfortunate old dotards put into khaki which is much too tight for them, and probably thinking what a pity it is that a pretty girl should talk so much nonsense! The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Keeper, yon old dotard smoke, Sweetly snoring in his cloak: Who is he? Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z "Why, he was a dotard in our time; they couldn't hang a dog on his evidence!" The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z This monk," said I, with great vehemence, "who sits there fainting in his chair, is a fantastic, feeble-minded, drivelling dotard. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z When Innocent heard this letter read, he declared that the bishop was a “deaf old dotard,” and that his “vassal,” the king, ought to imprison him. The English Church in the Middle Ages 2011-08-01T02:00:14.773Z Excuse the wanderings of an old dotard, my friend, but when I once get upon this topic, I am inexhaustible; and as for local news, there simply is none. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z "Begone, thou dotard!" cried the quack, "and mumble your old wives' sayings to old wives' ears." The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z 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. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z These experiences, the autobiographer, old enough to call himself “old dotard,” has, nevertheless, not grown wise enough to be ashamed to be very detailed and psychological in recounting. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z "Ah!" said the dotard, when it had stopped at last; and the monosyllable contented him for some moments. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z After twenty years to be forgiven by your more broad-minded friends and tolerated as a dotard by a new generation. . . Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z Let dotards dally— Do thou for thy country fight! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Would to heaven," he added, springing fiercely up, and shaking back his fair, brown hair, "that the man she has wedded were not an old dotard like that. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Minus, numskull, drivelling baby, Greenhorn, dunce, and dotard Gaby; All the queer and loony chorus Found in old Roget’s Thesaurus, Flat and crazy through and through, That, O Idiot—that is you. The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z Tho' ripe in years, if all his age be vain, He may be dotard called. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z And can it be that thou art building here the walls Of Tyrian Carthage, and uprearing her fair towers, Thou dotard, of thy realm and thy great destiny Forgetful! Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z “Peace, dotards!” said Manfred, “and follow me; I will know what all this means.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z My heaven has been already enjoyed—no dotard can bring me tidings of weal or wo; I cannot part with it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 To his unutterable disappointment he was not chosen for his Junior House Eleven, though it included such confirmed dotards as Mumford. "Pip" A Romance of Youth "Why shouldst thou stain thy hand with the blood of the dotard?" cried Duero, interposing for a second time between the intemperate commander and the object of his anger. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico The world is not for dune auld dotards, but for young folk—young folk—braw folk—rich folk like you and me, Elsie! Deep Moat Grange Absurd though it seems, I think some dotard must have seen you and her at the Kaims, and mistaken her for the lady.” The Little Minister I am neither a Pecksniff nor a pedant, a dotard nor a wet blanket; in your company, I feel as young as the youngest among you. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced He is a dotard!" said Cashel, passionately, "and not to be thought of; she is young, beautiful, and unprotected. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) But in the histories of the wars with his vassals he is often little more than a tyrannical dotard, who is made to submit to gross insult. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Let us, Lesbia darling, still Live our life, and love our fill; Heeding not a jot, howe'er Churlish dotards chide or stare! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Though there may be neither rhyme nor reason in anything the Presidential dotard may say or do, the burgher farmer will cling to him and make him victor over all rivals for a fourth time. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal But we hope that next year--we will see----" "You will see whether the aged Theodoric has become a dotard? A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The story of January and May now before us is of the comic kind; and the character of a fond old dotard betrayed into disgrace by an unsuitable match is supported in a lively manner. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition "The General grows more and more foolish every day," said Flossy to herself, with disgust—"a garrulous old dotard!" A Life Sentence A Novel “And we must suffer for the offences of a despotic old dotard,” said the first speaker. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion I despise the dotards who contend that a man of taste and intellect must have been a dauber of canvass, before he can decide upon the merits of a picture. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 Sir!" exclaimed the Marshal,--"I think, my Lord Intendant, we may dismiss this dotard, for it is in vain to hope to hear a word of sense from him. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. Hoangti now sent for the veteran whom he had dismissed as a dotard, and asked him to take command of the troops. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The most unholy and horrible marriages between fair young girls and rich or titled dotards, drunkards, or cretins are considered perfectly proper and respectable because ‘legalised.’ Modern marriage and how to bear it But what can the old dotard mean by such a movement?” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Another of these was Father Grignet, a pious old dotard, who would see whatever they pleased. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The poor ‘dotard!’ exclaimed the philosophic infidel, Voltaire, in the complaisancy of his pity. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years "Let's see: Here's the beautiful Amontillado wine from that lovely Spain that gave me my Teresa," muttered the aged dotard. The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson Oh! dotard that I am! blind, deaf and stupid! The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts Hamilton and Madison were "mere boys" and "visionary young men"; Franklin was an "old dotard" and "in his second childhood"; and as for Washington, "What did he know about politics?" Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools “Why not keep him with us here a prisoner?” suggested an old buck; only to be cried down loudly as a doddering dotard, whose blood had turned to water. The Wilderness Trail Wake, arise, the lake, the skies Fade into the faery day; Come and sing before our king, Heed not Time, the dotard grey; Time has given his crown to heaven— Ah, how long? Collected Poems Volume One I rather think some of you have called him a "dotard;" you have taunted him with his age and the loss of his physical vigour. Shirley "Well, what is the old dotard staring at?" impatiently cried his master. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. This chain once bound my father here, Who would have found his grave— The cursed dotard!—'neath the wave,— Had not thy hateful hand been near.— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme "The law, you old dotard," cried the Countess, rounding then on him with a suddenness that made him seem to shrink into his shell. The O'Ruddy A Romance Beat him with his own crutch, the wrinkled old dotard! Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Am I to have the gaiety of my guests spoiled because of this old dotard? Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces “Nor dotard credulous, nor lying tongue “The fact to me related. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II But Hannibal being asked his opinion of it, “I have seen,” says he, “many old dotards in my life, but this exceeds them all.” The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The poor dotard!' exclaimed the philosophic infidel Voltaire, in the self-complacency of his pity. Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc You are laughed at by the pretty pair, as a withered, impotent old dotard. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life Such a fool this white-headed old dotard of a count, to think that he can take me in with a silly yarn about going to visit a nephew and bringing him back here to stay. Cleek, the Master Detective These are the opening lines:— Old emperor Yew, fantastic sire, Girt with thy guard of dotard kings,— What ages hast thou seen retire Into the dusk of alien things? Highways and Byways in Surrey A false lying dotard, Enchanter, art thou: Our rage and contempt should assail thee. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 I am grown infirm of will As any dotard. Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts An old, drivelling dotard takes to his home and bed a virgin in her teens, whom he has purchased, but as he has gone through a formal ceremony, law and the world pronounce her wife. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston A great ruler is displaced at the caprice of a dotard. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. "I have heard," said he, in reply, "many old dotards in the course of my life, but this is, verily, the greatest dotard of them all." Hannibal Makers of History Then there were Hamilton and Madison, mere boys; and Franklin, an old dotard, a man in his second childhood. The Critical Period of American History Her wont has been to show the narrow way Wherein must tread the world, the bright, the brave, From infancy to dotard's gloomy grave. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature But let not the reader suppose that he was either a superannuated coxcomb or a driveling dotard. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston Oh! fool—dotard—idiot that I was to think that a young girl could love an aged man like me! Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf What!" exclaimed the boy, turning quickly upon his elder brother, "the old dotards dared advise my father to take my life? Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times That I might strike thee to the earth For this audacious lie, thou feeble dotard. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 It is they, weaklings afraid to look life in the face, dotards and sentimentalists, who have made the body unclean. The Hero The witty little duck said of the Portuguese that the old lady was becoming a ducky dotard. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Ah! fool—dotard that I was to exchange the honors of old age for the vicissitudes of a renewed existence! Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Though never a mere petulant and ferocious dotard as the Chansons too often represent Charlemagne, he is very far from being a wise ruler or even baron. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Humiliation and reproach seemed to haunt the white-bearded dotard, whose hands had sought in vain to wrest the trident from Britannia's virile grasp. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War Oh, to think what stands between us and freedom in Europe! a few old men, wrinkled, feeble, tottering dotards whom a boy could strangle for a ducat, or a woman stab in a night-time. Vera or, The Nihilists "Ducky dotard," they whispered; "that's too witty!" and then they repeated the former joke about Portulak, and declared that it was vastly amusing. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Storms are impious there: the ancient oaks and birches and chestnuts must wail and protest, like dotards wakened from senility to cruel hours of actual life. The Dukeries In the end the rancher promised to do this, but his tone was that of a broken and distraught dotard. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Hear me, Fathers and Conscript Senators—hear me!—who am a soldier and a man, and neither driveller nor dotard. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 Barberou set to work with zeal, believing it was Bouvard's own case, and calling him an old dotard, even though he congratulated him about it. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life And even if thou canst not love me, yet shall I save thee from wedding this old dotard. A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 But as a Latin poet says, "Jupiter makes dotards of those whom he means to ruin." Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World At last Nurredin's patience giving way, he calls his servants in to throw the old dotard out of doors. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Above all things to be deprecated is, that he should ever become a dotard like Marlborough, or a driveller like Swift.’ The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) Hence to thy house, Thou hoary dotard! there, prophetic, teach 240 Thy children to escape woes else to come. The Odyssey of Homer The old dotard Tamavili and I race together for a bride, and the bride is for neither of us, but for the man who saved her from the sea. A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 Dotterel means "dotard," and dodo is from the Port. doudo, mad. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) “Can I be spared the humiliation of meeting that old dotard you have sent for?” The Flaw in the Sapphire He suffered this old dotard to annoy the public, though long past work. Shining Ferry Some old dotard or dodderer, they were told, said so. Pickwickian Studies C. T. R. Mr. Phillips, in his edition, proposes as a translation of this passage, "Of dotards, not of the doting." Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. So I am a dotard, a madman, I have neither talent nor power! The Unknown Masterpiece 1845 These experiences, the autobiographer, old enough to call himself "old dotard," has, nevertheless, not grown wise enough to be ashamed to be very detailed and psychological in recounting. Classic French Course in English They called him a "dotard" and a "granny." Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 She,—his wife,—must have been thinking of it even then, while he,—he,—blind brute and dotard—sprawled upon the earth feeding his eyes of flesh upon the sight of her. The Dragon Painter What though an old dotard calling himself Henry Long is stumping around fifty years hence, what is that to me? The Old Folks' Party 1898 You are, from top to toe, all over wisdom: He a mere dotard.—Would you e’er permit Your boy to do such things? The Comedies of Terence The tragedy of old Dorrit is merely the sad spectacle of a dotard dragged about Europe in his last childhood. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens How droll to hear the dotards aping youth, And talk of love's delights without a tooth! A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 She denounced her erstwhile beloved master as a blind old dotard, and the idolized Um�, she declared a weak and yielding idiot. The Dragon Painter What, am I then a toy for dotard's play, 1510 To wear but till the gilding frets away? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 "Well, it is not a dotard, I trust; but who is the man?" Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes We may smile when he calls a blockhead, a blockhead; a dotard, a dotard; but when he attacks, for a difference of opinion, the morals of another man, our sensibility is alarmed. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Then at last quite out of patience, the slave Mansouri took Babadul by his beard, and shaking his head for him, exclaimed with a roar, "Then tell me, you old dotard! what is it doing?" The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan “Of course it was a real ship, you old dotard!” said the skipper gruffly and looking angrily at him. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea “That is the old dotard who is always croaking about Maxfield in the days before the Flood?” Roger Ingleton, Minor The very man, skulking here, while his light-of-love is on her honeymoon, and the old dotard, his father, with his pockets full of English gold—” He said no more. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess I am ashamed to lose my patience with such a dotard.' Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Our great Shakspeare has grown none in the passing centuries—comes from the empyrean to gabble like a dotard of the visions of his youth? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Among the reinstated scenes is that in which the meddlesome dotard teaches his servant Reynaldo modes of espionage that shall detect the moral lapses of his son Laertes in Paris. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Oh, we shall surely pay for what we use," cried careless James; "let us eat, and warm our toes, and therewith have somewhat less of thy prating, old dotard. The Black Douglas The old dotard turned the colour of my teeth when he looked up and spied it.” Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Why, you poor old dotard, there's no oil in these specimens. The Bad Man P: When the caravan departed their father had said: Truly I am conscious of the breath of Joseph, though ye call me dotard. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side The village became 'Ingees, and now only some unfashionable dotards in Béthune preserve the tradition of the old pronunciation. Adventures of a Despatch Rider The dotard stirred and muttered, and she whispered to him and soothed him as though he were a child. Jacqueline of Golden River Let us now hear a specimen of the mysticism of this dotard. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution The old dotard Francis Joseph who occupied the throne of Austria-Hungary, was completely under the domination of the Germans. History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico Now, dotard; now, thou blind old wizard prophet, Where are your boding ghosts, your altars now; Your birds of knowledge, that in dusky air Chatter futurity? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Got by some dotard in his pithless years, And sent a withered sapling to the world. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 This dotard"—he glanced contemptuously at old Duchaine—"has no bearing on the situation. Jacqueline of Golden River The hoary dotard!" muttered the artist, glaring and grinding his teeth; "the sixty-five-year-old imbecile! The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week The dotard in the chair drew a long breath through his nostrils, as though the aroma touched some quick centre in his moribund brain. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches Philosophy, thy poor enlightened dotard, Who canst for every thing assign a cause, Here take thy stand beside me, and explain This hidden mystery. A Book for the Young After twenty years to be forgiven by your more broad-minded friends and tolerated as a dotard by a new generation.... Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts He left the room, and I sat there alone beside the dotard, listening to the click of the ball and the chink of the coins, and the roar of the twin cataracts above. Jacqueline of Golden River "How does the lovesick old dotard bear this second loss?" The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week The youth and the dotard have alike succeeded in passing out of themselves, and their very souls will not return to the body until the delirious spell has ceased to act. Side Lights Brandy was made for old dotards and young idiots. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment Through five years of striving this dreamer and dotard Has reaped glory from ruin, drawn peace from destruction. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough The dotard, who had been looking at me, came forward. Jacqueline of Golden River An enthusiast he undoubtedly was, but not the drivelling dotard that some of his biographers imagine. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Such a fool, this white-headed old dotard of a Count, to think that he can take me in with a silly yarn about going to visit a nephew and bringing him back here to stay. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces "I believe, alas, that a dotard Heaven maunders over an exhausted Earth." Là-bas Some nouns ending in ard, are derived from verbs or adjectives, and denote character or habit; as, "Drunk, drunkard; dote, dotard." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The dotard leaped forward, stooped down, and picked up the heavy roulette-wheel. Jacqueline of Golden River Monsieur," the Frenchman answered, "when I came here first, though Methuselah was already very old and feeble, he was not quite a dotard, and he used to recite it all every morning regularly. The Great Taboo Blind was yon dotard Ulfkytel not to see all this; would that you had slain me in the woods at first--or that he had hanged me at Caistor--or that I had been drowned. Wulfric the Weapon Thane At the mention of his name, Oh-Oh flew out into scornful philippics upon the insanity of that old dotard, who hoarded up teeth, as if teeth were of any use, but to purchase rarities. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II His notion of historical veracity may be judged from his description of the Austrian ultimatum to Servia as an escapade of a dotard. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index The old dotard had already forgotten me, and was playing with his right hand against his left again. Jacqueline of Golden River In a moment, before he had time to know what was happening, Methuselah—sleepy old dotard as he seemed—had woke up at once to a sense of danger. The Great Taboo The talking old woman, the dotard, the garrulous sophist, all venture upon, lacerate, teach, before they have learnt. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy In every age, thou boastest of thy valorous advances:—flat fools, old dotards, and numskulls, our sires! Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II The ultimatum to Servia was the escapade of a dotard: a worse crime than the assassination that provoked it. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index The dotard looked at me with an expression of imbecile terror. Jacqueline of Golden River Peace, dotard!" cried one: "think'st thou the servants of the most holy inquisition are to be daunted by thy clamours? Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists I returned," replied the dotard, with a senile chuckle, "that he was wrong. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 25, 1891 If my faculties had been left to run riot or to waste as those of so many young men, I should now have been used up, a dotard, as many of my school-fellows are. The Personal Life of David Livingstone Quite in this picture is his assertion that "the ultimatum to Servia was the escapade of a dotard," whereas, everybody knows that the ultimatum was dictated at Berlin. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index In imitation of his parent, an obscure Frenchman, Caussee, has not hesitated to call this Dionysius, the Apostle of an illustrious nation, "an old dotard." Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities A man had a beautiful wife, who died; but the mother, a decrepit old dotard, remained a fixture in his house, because of the dowry. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Odds bobs, I trow it was that varlet dotard, Sir Frank de Dock, who hath entreated me most naughtily since thou art departed unto that far-off province. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 We wonder who wrote that letter to her, and, turning away, wonder too at the destiny which suddenly breaks off the thread of lives like these and leaves dotards dozing in the sun. The New North They are friends; and friendly they guide him to prey, Yet never partake of the treat— Eyes and brains to the dotard lethargic and dull, Pale ravener of horrible meat. John Marr and Other Poems He answered, "Little went to the death of that champion, for in the chamber smoke was he smothered like a dog; nor is there loss therein, for he was grown a dotard." The Story of Grettir the Strong The gentleman was rejoicing and saying: "What a sensible youth is my son!" and the boy was complaining and crying: "What a tedious old dotard is my father!" The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 It is despair that makes the dotard, old fellow! The Man Who Laughs "The old dotard does not mean to marry her?" The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance No longer did his nerves obey his will; and now the crazy whims of dotards dominated him. Against the Grain Bobby informed M'Gurk that he was a fool and a dotard, and cast him forth. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand What a vile economy is this! what a waste and incompleteness! and the world full of drivellers and dotards, that it would gladly be quit of. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio Wit is a creeping dotard, and Happiness he is in poor health an' can barely drag himself to me table, an' Hope is a tippler, an' Right Hand is getting the palsy. Darrel of the Blessed Isles Bewildered by various emotions, yet still managing to play her part, she returned an answer, which he construed into an affirmative; and now quite beside himself with delight, the amorous old dotard left her. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance Those qualities are certainly found in an old dotard. La Tontine I have prayed God that I may die before they bring me to the dotard’s bed.” Chivalry Yet this very afternoon the inconsequent dotard had employed a telephone to summon his car to transport him to the links, and had denied even a glance of acknowledgment at the wonder floating above him. The Wrong Twin That old dotard, my grandfather, had borne it before me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 The gentleman next door had been vilified by Nicholas; rudely stigmatised as a dotard and an idiot; and for these attacks upon his understanding, Mrs Nickleby was, in some sort, accountable. Nicholas Nickleby By the three kings!" cried one, "here is an old dotard shrew to have so goodly a crutch! The White Company Away with this prating dotard," said Front-de Boeuf, "lock him up in the chapel, to tell his beads till the broil be over. Ivanhoe Hope you that your offences shall be bought off by prayers of superstitious dotards and droning Monks? The Monk; a romance The young man gave the matter but little thought, usually passing it off as the foolish whim of an old dotard; but he humored it nevertheless. The Outlaw of Torn Orrick, the girl's father, a half-witted old dotard, was heard to say that he would shoot on sight. Captivating Mary Carstairs What have you to do with me, you dotard? The Dramatic Values in Plautus Hear me, Rebecca," he said, proceeding with animation; "a better chance hast thou for life and liberty than yonder knaves and dotard dream of. Ivanhoe I detest the Petrarch so much, that I would not be the man even to have obtained his Laura, which the metaphysical, whining dotard never could. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Would you not think anyone a dotard who would try to convince you of the contrary? Freeland A Social Anticipation Your over weening fondness for the musty morality of dreaming dotards, or artful knaves who only made rules that they might profit by breaking them, will be your ruin. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor For us the spring is only a dotard sorcerer who has forgotten the spells of yesterday. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship What nice girl could bear Thy gouty body and old dotard smile? The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse Our Mr. Chia She is now so stricken in years, that in all his actions he unavoidably behaves somewhat as a dotard. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books What meaneth this old dotard, surd and absurd, thus to control our actions? Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Do not imagine, Fairfax, the poor dotard would have dared to betray himself thus far, had not I presently perceived his drift and wormed him of these dismal cogitations of the spirit. Anna St. Ives For aught we know the son may have had the better claim, and the father's curse may have been only the impotent scolding of a disappointed dotard. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller I suppose the man who sent you here thought, because you were an engaging young woman and I an old dotard, I would gabble to you the results of a life's work. Jennie Baxter, Journalist Was he not old and grey in comparison to such youth—such freshness—a venerable dotard of thirty-five? Charlotte's Inheritance Yet questions relating to them are discussed most flippantly at table, and in public places; the hare-brained youth, the uneducated labourer, and the dotard, give their opinions freely on the highest mysteries of the Faith. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales I have abandoned myself to the dream of a dotard; but the dream is past. Run to Earth A Novel He was not surely such a dotard that he required to be told how to dispose of these Epistles. The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious A Reply to the Right Rev. Dr. Lightfoot Oh, no, no, no; but I am not an old dotard. Jennie Baxter, Journalist There is really no more tedious and wearing old dotard anywhere, I can assure you. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Oh! oh! you debauched old dotard! you desire and, meseems, you love pretty baggages; but, by Apollo, it shall not be with impunity! The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 Do not bandy words with your father, nor treat him as a dotard, nor reproach the old man, who has cherished you, with his age. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Upon his aimless quest, the dotard still asks where he is going, and the pale youth knows that he shall never fly himself. Prue and I Take pity on a dotard's fears, Who much doth light detest; And let his last few drivelling years Be dark as were the rest. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thou White Maid," he said, "who wast called Princess of the Zulus, pay no heed to this old dotard, but listen to me. The Ghost Kings I, miserable, alone, Dragged thee to this; blind dotard I, that fain Had made earth fair to thee, I digged thy grave. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions Was I then so stupid and such a dotard? The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 These men were fools, as they were poets; and dotards, as they were philosophers; full of folly, as they were of philosophy. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 They were not content to despise—they regarded the gentle dotards of the preceding generation, the visionary idealists, the humanitarian thinkers of the preceding generation, as public malefactors. Jean-Christophe Journey's End Is not the jealous dotard twice your age? The Female Gamester A Tragedy You dotard, because he at no time had lent His intractable ears to absorb from our counsel one temperate word of advice, kindly meant? Lysistrata As for me, I will explain the matter to you all, children, youths, grown-ups and old men, aye, even to the decrepit dotards. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 "And you wouldn't," he said, as if that were quite relevant to what they had been talking about—"you wouldn't let Miss Graham go out walking alone with a dotard like me?" Indian Summer The man, confounded and astonish'd To be so faithfully admonish'd, Replied, 'What fools to listen, now, To this old, silly, dotard cow! Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Other Americans grew angry enough to forswear their allegiance to a nation of poltroons and dotards; they went to France or Canada to fight or fly for the Allies. We Can't Have Everything Tom had his own opinion, gathered from Grace's seemingly guilty face, and to it he held, and called old Willis, in his heart, a simple-minded old dotard, who had been taken in by her hypocrisy. Two Years Ago, Volume I Reason! the hoary dotard's dull directress, That loses all, because she hazards nothing! Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes What snivellers, what dotards, when they suffer themselves to be run away with by it!—An unpermanent passion! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 In revenge for the insults heaped upon the Jew by the dotards and dastards of the city of Constantine, I sought out an instrument of compendious ruin. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction What am I, then? let me define myself: A dotard young, a blind man that can see, A witty fool, a bondman that is free. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 You have already set down Grace Harvey as a hypocrite, and Willis as a dotard. Two Years Ago, Volume I The next day an officer came to me, and roughly told me that the empress had no use for dotards in her dominions, and that the sooner I went away the better for me. The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander The grossness of the features lessens, a number of the pains go, muscular endurance increases, memory and intelligence do not remind one so forcibly of the old dotard in his second childhood. The Glands Regulating Personality Hew down a withered tree, And none look grave but dotards. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 I have cause, Just cause, to call thee dotard, have I not? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 "Peace, wriggling dotard!" hisses BUMSTEAD, jamming the umbrella tighter over him. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 He called himself a fool because he had followed for a day the flutter of Virginia's gown, and a dotard for the many loves he had sworn to long before. The Battle Ground Tychiades, let me hear you laugh at Pelichus: I am a dotard, am I not? a relic from the time of Minos?' Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 One of them is a dotard, who, after having for sixty years been sullen, grumpy and avaricious, becomes suddenly lively, polite, and prodigal; this Molière had too much common sense to imitate. The School for Husbands Nay, more, thou art a dotard; And, in the right of my accused son, I challenge thee the field. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Thou turnest a dotard, and in the great knowledge thou possessest of other things, hast forgotten the knowledge best worth knowing—-that of the beautiful part of the creation. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 He issued an oracle on the occasion: The dotard's maxims to the flames be given. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 Old dotard: do you hold My rage in such slight awe you are so bold? Life Is a Dream Fool that I was, to have withheld one, when the old dotard would have paid for it so richly. Dora Deane Such a beautiful bit of flesh and blood as she is might get a hearing, when a grizzled old head-splitter like me was called a dotard. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Let the dotards, he says, bury their dead. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Tell me, dotard!" cried their leader, a man of low stature, with gray locks, but a fierce countenance, "where is the murderer? The Scottish Chiefs Since she would take no denial some dotards and striplings were routed out and the patriarch of the clan was thrust forward. The Unwilling Vestal This was too much to endure, and though the if "pirate" held his tongue they rebuked the old dotard by walking away and leaning over the rail. The Perils of Pauline He was afraid of being laughed at after he was dead—afraid of having it known that he was childless, the old dotard! Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face "Only an old fool to dodge, who is over seventy—a dotard—and a foolish girl of eighteen—a simple boarding-school miss!" A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story How comes it your dull eyes and ears were fixed so fast upon yon dotard miscreant whose days are numbered? Ardath But here was no instance of a dotard becoming the easy prey of a scientific Tartufe. Born in Exile But like any other easy-going old dotard, he seemed for the most part perfectly content with cheerful board and lodging. Omoo Why do we all pretend?—all!—every human being from the child to the dotard! The Secret Power There are only a few fools who ruin themselves now, some conceited youngsters, and occasionally an amorous old dotard. The Widow Lerouge Nothing remains of the former hero but a dotard, who is incapable of comprehending the march of events—" "And, yet, is ambitious to legislate. Joseph II. and His Court Business of importance!" said the lady, somewhat scornfully—"to seat a bigoted dotard on the throne of England! The King's Highway It would be like a foolish dotard taking to his arms the bride that despises him, or who has placed on his head the ensigns of her disgust. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis You see, my father is stubborn and stupid—an old dotard as hard as a block of wood. The Inspector-General And dost thou dream," the impenetrable man Exclaimed, "that me the lullabies of age, And fantasies of dotards such as thou, Can cheat, or move a moment's fear in me? The Task and Other Poems I am glad that Metastasio is here," said the empress, "for his presence will prove to Calzabigi that he is not a pensioned dotard. Joseph II. and His Court Between the old dotard his father and the poor babes his children, England is in woeful plight. The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade Good, sir! now horn upon horn pursue thee, thou blind, egregious dotard! Every Man out of His Humour Compared with this people, who thought only of eternity, we are a lot of pitiful dotards, who soon will be past caring about the wherefore of life, or thought, or death. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) Whereupon my lady used her influence with the demd old dotard, and I was cut off with a shilling. Such Is Life I am a dolt, a dotard; and I have been the cause of it. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza I am no more that schoolboy now than I am the dotard of ninety I shall grow into if I live long enough. Man and Superman On a bleak, bald hill with a dull world under, The dreary world of the Commonplace, I have stood when the whole world seemed a blunder Of dotard Time, in an aimless race. Poems of Progress Fly, dotard fly, With thy wise dreams, and fables of the sky. The Odyssey Say, then, that you will stay here and help to lead the Chanca armies, and say it swiftly, since that dotard, Upanqui, frets to be gone. The Virgin of the Sun Young David ends as a dotard—Solomon as worse. Sir Walter Raleigh and His Time With him instinct is a dotard, nature a changeling, and common sense a discarded by-word. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Hearken: you taunted me just now, saying that I sat like a dotard in the sun and advanced you nothing. The Wizard Hence, dotard! hence, and timely speed thy way, Lest dragg'd in vengeance thou repent thy stay; See how with nods assent yon princely train! The Odyssey Suddenly the old dotard's manner changed: he became quick and shrewd, as doubtless he was in his prime, for this Upanqui had been a great king. The Virgin of the Sun But what a poor dotard must he be who has not learnt in the course of so long a life that death is not a thing to be feared? Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Thou wilt have me, dotard—take me and thy fate! Eric Brighteyes I am come," quoth he, "to insult thee for an old fantastic dotard, as thou art, in ever defending the women. Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer Of those renegades the Earls of Peterborough and Salisbury were the highest in rank, but were also the lowest in intellect: for Salisbury had always been an idiot; and Peterborough had long been a dotard. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 His crown, she said, was at stake: the old dotard Arundell and the blustering Tyrconnel would lead him to his ruin. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 You must be on your guard against this happening to you, like the man in the Heiress: How have I been befooled! no drivelling dotards On any stage were e'er so p1ayed upon. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Of the hold that the Morris had on England, could there be stronger proof than in the feat of these indomitable dotards? Yet Again The nonsense of Xenophon is that of a dotard. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 And take the word of a senile old dotard, your young man, when you find him, will lack many of the attributes you require. The Drums of Jeopardy You are young and healthy and beautiful, and longing for life, and I am an old dotard, almost a dead man already. Uncle Vanya For what Caecilius means by "old dotards of the comic stage" are the credulous, the forgetful, and the slipshod. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Howard’s “good luck” is to be read in his face by the wise, even when, to the common gaze, he seems a half-paralytic dotard, dying of grief and age. Essays in Little Away with the dotard! to the gaol with him! The Taming of the Shrew The extreme section of one class consists of bigoted dotards: the extreme section of the other consists of shallow and reckless empirics. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 I work too hard; I'm not like you two, confined to the house and bewitched there, like old dotards. Sons of the Soil I attended the public lectures, but I no longer paid any attention to the professors, who, in my opinion, were a set of dotards. The Country Doctor Ye sprightly youths, quite flush with hope and spirit, Who think to storm the world by dint of merit, To you the dotard has a deal to say, In his sly, dry, sententious, proverb way! Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Alas! dotard," interrupted Kai Lung impatiently, "it would be well if I spent my few remaining hours in kowtowing to the Powers whom I shall shortly meet. Kai Lung's Golden Hours It shall be enough for my father to have borne the sceptre for so long; let the dotard's power fall to thee; if it elude thee, it will pass to another. The Danish History, Books I-IX Custom," continues the Professor, "doth make dotards of us all. 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