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dotty(2)(dictionary)
dotty(dictionary)

dotty(2) (iou)



dotty adjective2. L19.
[Perh. from DOTE noun1 (cf. earlier DOTTYPOLL) or rel. to DOTTER verb.]
Having an unsteady or feeble gait. Now rare. L19.
D. Abse Dotty, shifty points of glitterings.
Feeble-minded, insane; harmlessly eccentric; silly; absurd, crazy; absurdly enthusiastic about. colloq. L19.
H. L. Wilson Mr. Jackson had chosen the part of Oswald, a youth who goes quite dotty. Daily Telegraph It was 'dotty' for the nation to spend 2 million trying to save a picture. B. Bainbridge All foreigners are dotty about their mothers.
dottily adverb in an eccentric or absurd manner, to an eccentric or absurd degree M20.
dottiness noun dotty quality, esp. insanity, eccentricity L19.