单词 | doty |
释义 | † dotyadj.1 Obsolete. Silly, foolish. Cf. doting adj.1 1a. ΘΚΠ 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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 ΚΠ 1878 Illustr. Carpenter & Builder 1 Feb. 71/2 ‘Doatiness’, 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). < adj.1c1450adj.21821 |
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