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   Dot·ty

   /ˈdädē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person, action, or idea) somewhat mad or eccentric: informal British "he was slightly dotty by the end of his second term"

   Word Origin late 19th century: perhaps from obsolete dote ‘simpleton, fool’, apparently from Dutch dote ‘folly’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dottily adverb
   • 2. dottiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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