dotty

adj., -ti·er, -ti·est.

1. 1. Mentally unbalanced; crazy.
   2. Amusingly eccentric or unconventional.
   3. Ridiculous or absurd: a dotty scheme.
2. Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky.
3. Obsessively infatuated or enamored.

[Probably alteration of Scots dottle, silly, from Middle English doten, to dote.]

dottily dot'ti·ly adv.
dottiness dot'ti·ness n.

(DOT-ee)
adjective Eccentric, mentally unbalanced, unconventional.

Etymology
From Scots dottle (fool), from Middle English doten (to dote).

Usage
"Woodward and Holm play Martha and Abbey, the dotty old sisters who serve elderberry wine laced with poison to unsuspecting tea-time visitors, then bury the stiffs in their basement." — Robert Osborne, Baldwin serves up his staged readings with taste of `Arsenic', Hollywood Reporter, Nov 1, 2000.

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adjective

Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. Chiefly British crackers. Law non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, offout ofone's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See sane/insane.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.

Tutor's tip: The "dowdy" (dressed poorly) stranger seemed to be "dotty" (slightly mad or eccentric) because he was dressed in "doty" (decayed or discolored) rags. But he was really a "doughty" (brave) veteran of the last war.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - småtosset, excentrisk, absurd, skør

Nederlands (Dutch)
getikt, gek (op), gespikkeld, dwaas

Français (French)
adj. - (GB) toqué

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verrückt, schrullig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (μτφ.) βλαμμένος, λοξός

Italiano (Italian)
toccato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pontilhado, esporádico

Русский (Russian)
свихнувшийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - chiflado, chalado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fnoskig, prickig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
多点的, 薄弱的, 精神不定的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多點的, 薄弱的, 精神不定的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 점[같은]의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 点のある, 点のような, ふらふらした, 気がふれた, 夢中の
n. - 女子名

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غريب, سخيف, مولع بشئ أو شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שוטה, רפה-שכל‬

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