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doddering

English

Adjective

doddering (not comparable)

  1. mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile

Verb

doddering

  1. present participle of dodder

Noun

doddering (plural dodderings)

  1. A shaking or trembling movement, as of old age.

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worn

English

Etymology

By analogy to past participles like torn from tear and sworn from swear.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /w??n/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??n/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /wo(?)?n/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /wo?n/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)n
  • Homophone: warn (accents with the horse-hoarse merger)

Adjective

worn (comparative more worn, superlative most worn)

  1. damaged and shabby as a result of much use

Translations

Verb

worn

  1. past participle of wear

Derived terms

  • forworn
  • outworn
  • worn out

Anagrams

  • Norw., rown

Middle English

Verb

worn

  1. Alternative form of weren

Old English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /worn/, [wor?n]

Noun

worn m

  1. great many, multitude
  2. crowd, swarm, band, flock

References

  • Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “worn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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