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dotty
1[ dot-ee ]
adjective
Informal.
dottier, dottiest.
- crazy or eccentric.
- feeble or unsteady in gait.
- very enthusiastic or infatuated (usually followed by about or over ).
dotty
/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
- slang.feeble-minded; slightly crazy
- slang.foll by about extremely fond (of)
- marked with dots
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Derived Forms
- ˈdzٳپ, adverb
- ˈdzٳپԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- dzt· adverb
- dzt·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ 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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