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dotty
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dotty, adj. (dottier, dottiest) colloq.
1 feeble-minded, silly.
2 eccentric.
3 absurd.
4 (foll. by about, on) infatuated with; obsessed by.
1 feeble-minded, silly.
2 eccentric.
3 absurd.
4 (foll. by about, on) infatuated with; obsessed by.
Derivative
dottily adv. dottiness n.
Etymology
earlier = unsteady: f. DOT(1) + -Y(1)
THESAURUS
dotty
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