dodder
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dodder¹
- /ˈdɒdə/ UK
- /ˈdɑdɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒdə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Early 17th century, variant of dialectal dadder, from Middle English daderen (“to quake, tremble”), ultimately from the root of dither. Compare Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”).
verb dodders · doddering · doddered
- To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter. Yossarian responded to the thought by slipping away stealthily from the police and almost tripped over the feet of a burly woman of forty hastening across the intersection guiltily, darting furtive, vindictive glances behind her toward a woman of eighty with thick, bandaged ankles doddering after he
dodder²
- /ˈdɒdə/ UK
- /ˈdɑdɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒdə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun dodders
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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.
Similar: angel hair, devil's guts, devil's hair, devil's ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hairweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, strangleweed, witch's hair
Dodder³
Where it comes from
From Irish an Dothra
proper noun
- A river in Dublin, Ireland, a tributary of the Liffey.
Translations
Every language
noun parasitic plant (of about 100–170 species) of the genus Cuscuta
| Español | cuscuta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 새삼 saesam |
| 日本語 | 根無葛 nenashikazura |
| 中文 | 菟 tù, 女蘿 /女萝 nǚluó, 菟絲 /菟丝 tùsī, 蓎蒙 tángméng |
| Português | cuscuta |
| Français | cuscute |
| Deutsch | Seide, Teufelszwirn |
| Italiano | cuscuta |
| Ελληνικά | κουσκούτα kouskoúta |
| Русский | повили́ка povilíka |
| العربية | كُشُوث kušūṯ, حَامُول ḥāmūl |
| עברית | כְּשׁוּת kəšūṯ |
Talk about this word "dodder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dodder. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dodder. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dodder "dodder." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dodder.Cite this
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title = {dodder},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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