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单词 dotery
释义

doteryn.

Forms: 1500s dotarie, 1500s doterie, 1600s dotery.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.1, -ery suffix.
Etymology: < dote v.1 + -ery suffix. Compare earlier dotage n., doting n.1
Obsolete.
Foolishness, folly; madness, mental confusion.
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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).
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