dotty (redirected from dottiness)

dot·ty  (dt)

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.

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[Probably alteration of Scots dottle, silly, from Middle English doten, to dote.]

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dotti·ly adv.

dotti·ness n.

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dotty [ˈdɒtɪ]

adj -tier, -tiest

1. Slang chiefly Brit feeble-minded; slightly crazy

2. Brit slang (foll by about) extremely fond (of)

3. marked with dots

[from dot¹: sense development of 1 from meaning of ``unsteady on one's feet'']

dottily  adv

dottiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	dotty - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, around the bend, balmy, crackers, daft, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, loopy, fruity, barmy, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
	2.	dotty - intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her" gaga, crazy, wild colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech enthusiastic - having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"

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dotty

adjective (Slang, chiefly Brit.) crazy, touched, peculiar, eccentric, batty (slang), off-the-wall (slang), potty (Brit. informal), oddball (informal), loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), out there (slang), outré, doolally (slang), off your trolley (slang), up the pole (informal), wacko or whacko (slang) She was obviously going a bit dotty.

Translations

dotty [ˈdɒtɪ] ADJ (dottier (compar) (dottiest (superl))) (Brit) [person] → chiflado; [idea, scheme] → estrafalario, disparatado
you must be dotty! → ¿estás loco o qué?
it's driving me dotty → esto me trae loco

dotty [ˈdɒti] adj (= daft) [person] → loufoque, farfelu(e)

dotty

adj (+er) (Brit inf) → kauzig, schrullig; to be dotty about somebody/something (= like) → nach jdm/etw verrückt sein

dotty [ˈdɒtɪ] adj (Brit) (fam) (mad) → tocco/a, strambo/a
to be dotty about sth → andare pazzo/a per qc
he's dotty about her → ha completamente perso la testa per lei

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dotty [ˈdɒtɪ] adj (Brit) (fam) (mad) → tocco/a, strambo/a
to be dotty about sth → andare pazzo/a per qc
he's dotty about her → ha completamente perso la testa per lei