Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Ireland, countable)A darling, a cutie.

    Liebling, Schatz, Schätzchen

    мила́шкаmiláška, ду́шечкаdúšečka

    любаljuba, любцяljubcja, любийljubyj

  2. (rare, uncountable)Decay in a tree.

  3. (countable, obsolete)An imbecile; a dotard.

  4. (obsolete)Dowry.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. He dotes on his grandson.

    Він дуже любить свого онука. — older

    ruОн обожает своего внука. — shanghainese

    deEr liebt seinen Enkel abgöttisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He is not your common doting parent.

  3. As always, you are a doting parent.

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  4. Tom and Mary dote on their little baby boy.

    ruТом с Мэри души не чают в своём сыночке. — Wezel

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  5. He was a beloved husband and a doting father.

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
darling, cutie:
Русский
By meaning 1
darling, cutie:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
darling, cutie:

Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolis

The verb is derived from Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”) or Middle Dutch doten (“to be silly”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).

From Middle English dote (“endowment”) (c. 1450), from Middle French dote (modern dot), from Latin dos.

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Forms

plural: dotes
Singulardote
Pluraldotes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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