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Doty

//ˈdauti// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suffering from rot, or waterlogged

    "An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon."

  2. 2
    Senile; in one's dotage US, dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dote + -y.

Etymology 2

English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.

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