dodder

verb
/ˈdɒdə/UK/ˈdɑdɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English doder (“flax dodder”), from Middle Dutch doder, from Old Dutch *doder, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dodr (viz. theories of origin). Cognate with Middle Low German doder, West Flemish dodder.

  1. derived from *dodr
  2. derived from *doder
  3. derived from doder
  4. inherited from doder — “flax dodder

Definitions

  1. To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood

    To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.

    • Their neighbours have been, on one side, an old man who dodders around in his dressing gown talking to himself, and on the other a stand-offish couple who pretend not to understand the Spanish he speaks.
  2. Any of about 100–170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of…

    Any of about 100–170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

  3. A river in Dublin, Ireland, a tributary of the Liffey.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA