dotty
dotty · dottier · dottiest
Mildly insane or eccentricMildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
US/ˈdɑ.ti/
» It's as plain as the nose on your face that Tom is dotty about Mary.
Meaning
3 senses(Australia, UK, colloquial)Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.
чудакова́тыйčudakovátyj
(UK, dated)Having an unsteady gait.
Having many dots.
Look at the dotty pattern on that cheetah's fur.
More definitions
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Examples
1 sentencesIt's as plain as the nose on your face that Tom is dotty about Mary.
Translations
1 languagesРусский
mildly insane:
Origin
See dote, or compare totty (“unsteady, dizzy”).See dote, or compare totty (“unsteady, dizzy”).
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Forms
dottier, dottiestSynonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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