dote or doat /dōt/

1. To be weakly affectionate
2. To show excessive love (with upon or on)
3. To be stupid or foolish (archaic)
4. (of timber) to decay

dōtˈage noun

1. A doting
2. The weakness and childishness of old age
3. Excessive fondness

dōtˈant noun (Shakespeare)

A dotard

dōtˈard noun

1. Someone who dotes
2. Someone showing the weakness of old age, or excessive fondness

dōtˈed adjective (obsolete)

Stupid

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