Dotty Definition

dŏtē
dottier, dottiest
adjective
dottier, dottiest
Dotted.
Webster's New World
Feebleminded or crazy.
Webster's New World
Amusingly eccentric or unconventional.
American Heritage
Ridiculous or absurd.
A dotty scheme.
American Heritage
Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Dotty

Adjective

Base Form:
dotty
Comparative:
dottier
Superlative:
dottiest

Origin of Dotty

  • Probably alteration of Scots dottle silly from Middle English doten to dote

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • dot +‎ -y

    From Wiktionary

Dotty Sentence Examples

  • Remember if the object is not dotty, you cannot shape tween it.

  • It's quite enough to drive me potty, You could say, the girls gone dotty.

  • Rita Wright, a traffic warden who likes everything to be organized and here slightly dotty friend Angie Mason.

  • The history of science is littered with mad, bad and delightfully dotty inventions.

  • After 40 years of doing this rather dotty activity I have to ask myself why it is still so darned attractive.

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Words Starting With

DDODOT

Words Ending With

YTYTTY

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Words Starting With D and Ending With Y

Starts With D & Ends With YStarts With DO & Ends With YStarts With D & Ends With TY

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With D5 Letter Words Ending With Y