dotard
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He dubbed Kim as "Little Rocket Man", in return Pyongyang nicknamed Trump "Dotard".
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
Dotard is defined as "a person in his or her dotage", with dotage described as "a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness".
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2017
Dotard invites her to live with him again.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Oh thou Heav'nly Charmer! was there such an Impudence in Impotence; if the old Dotard has liv'd past his Reason, he must be taught it; yes, it shall dazle in his Eyes.
From The Female Wits by Anonymous
Dotard, new warriors urge thee to be gone.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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