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ˈdotish, doatish, a. arch.
[f. dote n.1+ -ish.]
Silly, imbecile, stupid, childish.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1874) I. 86 Than comys in an other with his dotysshe brayne. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 145 In this dotish simplicitie, he shewed himselfe as verie a clowne. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 495 A mad dotish fellow. 1831Carlyle Misc., Characteristics (1872) IV. 30 The tongue as in doatish forgetfulness maunders low.
Hence ˈdotishness, silliness, childishness.
1598Florio, Bambolità, childishnes, dotishnes. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. 272 A great piece of dotishness and stupidity. |