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adjective
- 1. eccentric or slightly mad: informal British "a dotty old lady"
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DOTTY definition: 1. slightly strange or mentally ill: 2. to like or love someone or something very much or be very…. Learn more.
The meaning of DOTTY is not mentally sound; also : amiably eccentric. How to use dotty in a sentence.
Dotty definition: crazy or eccentric.. See examples of DOTTY used in a sentence.
If you say that someone is dotty, you mean that they are slightly mad or likely to do strange things. [ mainly British , informal ] She was obviously going a bit dotty.
dot·ty. (dŏt′ē) adj. dot·ti·er, dot·ti·est. 1. a. Mentally unbalanced; crazy. b. Amusingly eccentric or unconventional. c. Ridiculous or absurd: a dotty scheme. 2. Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky. 3. Obsessively infatuated or enamored. [Probably alteration of Scots dottle, silly, from Middle English doten, to dote .] dot′ti·ly adv.
Definition of dotty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
dotty meaning, definition, what is dotty: slightly crazy: Learn more.
Feebleminded or crazy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Amusingly eccentric or unconventional. American Heritage. Ridiculous or absurd. A dotty scheme. American Heritage. Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky.
adjective. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky. insane. afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement. adjective.
adjective. UK uk / ˈdɒti/. slightly crazy: a dotty old woman. (Definition of dotty from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
