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DOTTY (dottier, dottiest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: dottier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, dottiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dotty mean? 

DOTTY (adjective)
  The adjective DOTTY has 2 senses:

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregularplay

2. intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied withplay

  Familiarity information: DOTTY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOTTY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: dottier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: dottiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Synonyms:

around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky

Context example:

it used to drive my husband balmy

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

Synonyms:

crazy; dotty; gaga; wild

Context example:

gaga over the rock group's new album

Similar:

enthusiastic (having or showing great excitement and interest)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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