doty

English

Etymology

dote + -y

Adjective

doty (comparative dotier, superlative dotiest)

  1. (carpentry, of wood) Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
  2. (US, dialectal, of a person) Senile; in one's dotage

Alternative forms

  • (suffering from rot): doaty, dotey

Derived terms

See also

  • dotty
  • doty in the Dictionary of American Regional English

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