Doty
//ˈdauti// adj, name
adj, name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 Senile; in one's dotage US, dialectal
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
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More examples"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."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From dote + -y.
Etymology 2
English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.
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