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dotty

[dot-ee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Informal.

dottier, dottiest

crazy or eccentric.
feeble or unsteady in gait.
very enthusiastic or infatuated (usually followed by about orover ).

dotty

[dot-ee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

dottier, dottiest

marked with dots; dotted.

dotty

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

adjective

slang��feeble-minded; slightly crazy
slang��(foll by about) extremely fond (of)
marked with dots

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Other Word Forms

dottily adverb
dottiness noun
ˈ��ǳٳپ�� adverb
ˈ��ǳٳپ��Ա�� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dotty¹

1805–15; perhaps dott(ard) variant of dotard + -y ¹

Origin of dotty²

First recorded in 1805–15; dot ¹ + -y ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dotty¹

C19: from _dot ¹ : sense development of 1 from meaning of "unsteady on one's feet"

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Murphy’s Countess is a dotty, conscientious woman awoken from her comfort and determined to claim it back.

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He has also typically been blessed with actors skilled at selling dotty setups with deadpan ease.

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So did a chunk of our dotty heads.

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Ms. Lansbury’s final competitive win — for best featured actress in a play — was for “Blithe Spirit,” a 2009 revival of the Noel Coward comedy in which she played a dotty clairvoyant.

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Mark’s home life is not without drama; unbeknown to him, since he has no memory of the office, Harmony lives next door, surveilling him in the guise of a dotty neighbor.

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dottle doty

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