Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - dotty
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Dotty
dotty
I. adjective (dottier; -est) Etymology: alteration of Scots dottle fool, from Middle English dotel, from doten Date: 15th century 1. a. mentally unbalanced ; crazy b. amiably eccentric a ~ old relative 2. being obsessed or infatuated ~ fans 3. amusingly absurd ; ridiculous ~ traditions • dottily adverb • dottiness noun II. adjective Date: 1812 composed of or marked by dots
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1.
adj. (dottier, dottiest) colloq. 1 feeble-minded, silly. 2 eccentric. 3 absurd. 4 (foll. by about, on) infatuated with; obsessed by. Derivatives dottily adv. dottiness n. Etymology: earlier = unsteady: f. DOT(1) + -Y(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. усеянный или испещренный точками 2. точечный 3. разг. прихрамывающий, нетвердый на ногах (также dotty on one's legs) 4. разг. не в своем уме, рехнувшийся, тронутый to go dotty —- тронуться, свихнуться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(dottier, dottiest) If you say that someone is dotty, you mean that they are slightly mad or likely to do strange things. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) She was obviously going a bit dotty. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj informal especially BrE 1 slightly crazy or likely to behave strangely 2 dotty about sb/sth very fond of or interested in someone or something (Gemma's dotty about horses.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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