dotard UK /ˈdəʊ.təd/US /ˈdoʊ.tɚd/ noun2 •(no longer used) An old person with impaired intellect; a senile person; one in their dotage.I speake not like a dotard, nor a foole, As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge, What I haue done being yong, or what would doe, Were I not old, […] — 1598 •(no longer used) One who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness; a doter. formsdotards