Doting
['dəʊtɪŋ] or ['dotɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dote
(a.) That dotes; silly; excessively fond.
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Examples
- Don't it make him, perhaps, a little more remiss than usual in his visits to his blindly-doting--eh? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Hunchbacked, dwarfish, and doting, she was adorned like a barbarian queen. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Well, then, said Bois-Guilbert, I will speak as freely as ever did doting penitent to his ghostly father, when placed in the tricky confessional. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You could lead some doting fool; you might pin him to your apron. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hold your tongue, you doting idiot! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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