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单词 doty
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dotyadj.1

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < dote v.1 + -y suffix1. Compare earlier dotard adj.1, doted adj.1Earlier currency is implied by doddypoll n. (compare α. forms at that entry, and also quot. a1500).
Obsolete.
Silly, foolish. Cf. doting adj.1 1a.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 169 Venus saw how sore y was bistad And to me seide where loke ye doty fon.
a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 287 Ale mak many a mane to haue a doty poll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

dotyadj.2

Brit. /ˈdəʊti/, U.S. /ˈdoʊdi/
Forms: 1800s– doaty, 1800s– doty, 1900s– dotey.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.2, -y suffix1.
Etymology: < dote v.2 + -y suffix1. Compare earlier dotard adj.2, doted adj.2, doting adj.2Any association with dot n.1 is probably secondary.
Chiefly U.S. and English regional.
Of wood: having a spotted or speckled surface as a result of (fungal) disease. Hence (chiefly of wood): decaying, rotten; soft or spongy in texture.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed > specifically of timber
doty1821
foxed1847
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [adjective] > decayed
druxy1589
dozed1776
punky1803
doty1821
pecky1848
dozy1872
punk1902
1821 J. Knowles Inq. Means taken preserve Brit. Navy i. 6 Doaty-timber is such as appears stained with yellow and black spots.
1883 Philadelphia Tel. 40 No. 44. 8 A log may be doty in places, and even hollow, and yet have..good timber in it.
1923 Proc. 32nd Ann. Convent. Amer. Railway Bridge & Building Assoc. 64 The decay developed five or six months after the stick was treated and before it had been placed in the structure. It was evidently doty when it was treated.
1974 W. Leeds Herefordshire Speech 59 The pears are dotey.
2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons ii. ii. 51 One of the women..heaped doty wood on the coals to make smoke.

Derivatives

ˈdotiness n. now rare
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1878 Illustr. Carpenter & Builder 1 Feb. 71/2Doatiness’, probably ‘dottiness’, which is a spotted or speckled appearance like small stains in the wood.
1915 Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers 79 85 All timbers must be free from all defects that will impair their strength, such as rot, dotiness, or sponginess.
1946 R. V. Boughton New Carpenter & Joiner (1947) I. i. 10 The first symptoms of decay are shown by foxiness or doatiness, a yellow or reddish discoloration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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