dotty
pronunciation
How to pronounce dotty in British English:
UK [ˈdɒti]
How to pronounce dotty in American English:
US [ˈdɑti]
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- Adjective:
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
Word Origin
- dotty (adj.)
- 1812, "full of dots," from dot (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "silly" is from c. 1400, in dotypolle "dotty poll" (i.e. "dotty head"), in which case the first element is from dote (v.).
Example
- 1. Till he broke up with me to go out with dotty .
- 2. The old girl is slightly dotty .
- 3. She really could be very dotty sometimes .
- 4. Later she married dr. andrea dotty .
- 5. That 's my dotty points .