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Word entry · 5 letters

dotty

Best crossword clue

"Mildly eccentric"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɒti/Part of speech adjectiveSorted dottyStarts with DEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2O3T4T5Y

Definitions

  1. intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

Word origin

From dot + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.
  • Knockers in this part of the world seem intended for ornament only, — nobody seems to pay any attention to them when they’re used. The old lady upstairs must be either deaf or dotty.
  • "Good God! I don't want another accident here. I should go dotty if I had to face all that again."

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