dotty
2
8.5
- adjective
- /ˈdɑːti/
- Informal
- My grandmother always wore dotty clothes that made her look quite eccentric.
- dotty old
- slightly dotty
- dotty woman
Examples
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You mean Cass hasn't told you about dotty old great Aunt Bedelia?
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You accuse me of making some dotty point, but I have no idea what the heck your point is!
Blog text (24) -
It's just looking a little bit dotty, which is a bit odd.
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You know all that time I was dotty I had the most awful dreams.
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You're not one of those dotty women who treat their dog like a kid, are you?
Fiction book (1995) -
The guy I've got building it's a bit dotty.
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Almost always when there is a dotty old woman on TV, she's there as a comic caricature and nothing more.
Blog text (14) -
She was dotty but she wasn't so far gone that she couldn't tell a stranger from her own flesh and blood.
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Shunning any clichés of how older women behave, Johnson gives us a fully inhabited woman who's neither dotty nor doting nor helpless.
Blog text (14) -
He has a dotty habit of collecting old teacups from garage sales.
Synonyms
578
8.6
Very crazy or doing things that show bad judgment
100
5.9
Odd in a funny or silly way
64
7.2
Being a little crazy in a funny or strange way
54
8.2
Strange and silly in a way people call crazy
28
8.0
Acting or feeling very strange
26
9.9
Not behaving in a normal or sensible way
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5.8
Silly in a way that is slightly funny
25
8.0
Slightly strange in a funny, pleasant way
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7.9
A person who behaves in a slightly crazy or silly way
11
8.4
Slightly strange in the way a person thinks or behaves
8
8.6
Used informally to describe someone who behaves in a strange or silly way
7
9.3
A bit crazy or silly in a strange way
7
7.4
Someone who acts a little crazy
5
8.2
Silly and a little forgetful in a friendly way
4
8.1
Acting strange or not thinking clearly
4
7.7
Funny in a strange or silly way
4
8.2
Being silly and slightly crazy in a way that seems funny and harmless
2
8.8
Acting very silly and not thinking in a sensible way
1
9.3
To be very confused or act in a strange way
1
9.0
Very strange and silly in a way that seems crazy
1
8.1
Mentally confused and behaving wildly
1
9.8
Strange in a funny or slightly crazy way
1
8.4
Being a little crazy or foolish
1
8.5
A little strange in a kind, harmless way
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Etymology
Dotty also comes from dote, which in older English could mean 'to be foolish' or 'weak in mind'. That's why dotty can mean 'a little crazy' or eccentric.