doddard noun2 •A frail old man.President Roosevelt and the former King Edward collect stamps, along with thousands of others, ranging from six-year-olds to ninety-seven year old^([sic]) doddards. — 1937 •(rare) A moribund or decayed tree.[…] / Another shakes the Bed; dissolving there, / Till knots upon his Gouty Joints appear, / And Chalk is in his crippled Fingers found; / Rots like a Doddard Oke, and piecemeal falls to the ground. — 1693 formsdoddards
