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doting

[doh-ting]

adjective

  1. excessively fond.

    doting parents.

  2. showing a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age; weak-minded; senile.



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Other Word Forms

  • dotingly adverb
  • dotingness noun
  • undoting adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doting1

First recorded in 1480–90; dote + -ing 2
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It is one of many happy memories that he will hold on to in the next chapter of his life, to be spent travelling with his wife and doting on their six grandchildren.

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“George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known him,” the statement read.

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"George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known him. He will be missed forever," a representative told the BBC.

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The source also told the magazine that Williams’ eldest, daughter Matilda, whom she had with late “Brokeback Mountain” co-star Heath Ledger, “has been doting on her younger siblings.”

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Sarha leaves behind six daughters, and in a family statement Mrs Woods was described as a "doting grandmother".

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