dotty.
Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
Meaning & usage
Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.
Having an unsteady gait.
Where this word comes from
See dote, or compare totty (“unsteady, dizzy”).
Having many dots.
Look at the dotty pattern on that cheetah's fur.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English dot Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dotty From dot + -y.
A shotgun.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English dot Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dotty From dot + -y.
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