单词 | dotery |
释义 | † doteryn. Obsolete. Foolishness, folly; madness, mental confusion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > [noun] dotery1587 besottedness1628 fatuity1649 infatuation1649 fatuositya1680 fatuousness1874 stuckness1895 amour fou1961 limerence1977 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 165 God (say they) draweth the forme out of the Abilitie of the matter. Let vs examine this doterie [Fr. resuerie] yet further. 1593 M. Drayton Idea vii. sig. G4 These been for such as..spenden day and night in dotarie, hammering their heads, musing on heauenly thing. 1631 W. Twisse Discov. D. Iacksons Vanitie iii. xix 670 He censureth him of impiety and dotery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1587 |
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