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A.Word.A.Day--dotard Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio dotard (doe-tuhrd) noun A person who is in his or her dotage (a deterioration of mental faculties; senility). [Middle English, from doten, to dote.] "Leonato: I speak not like a dotard nor a fool, As, under privilege of age, to brag What I have done being young, or what would do ...." William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing: Scene I. This week's theme: words to describe people. X-Bonus A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. -Alexis Carrel

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