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Doting

//ˈdəʊtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by giving love and affection.

    "doting parents"

  2. 2
    Showing a decline of mental faculties, especially when it occurs in old age.
Adjective
  1. 1
    extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive fondness; reverence.

    "It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dote form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

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