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单词 doting
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dotingn.1

Brit. /ˈdəʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdoʊdɪŋ/
Forms: see dote v.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < dote v.1 + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier dotage n.
1. Action or behaviour characterized by foolishness, stupidity, or irrationality; an instance of this. Now usually: action or behaviour exhibiting an impairment of mental faculties due to old age; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun]
frailtyc1384
doting1440
barrenness1552
dottry1576
dotishness1598
feeble-mindedness1619
unfurniture1640
ungiftedness1647
flaccidity1778
weak-mindedness1854
flabbiness1883
touchedness1883
dottiness1885
barminess1896
dodderingness1915
moronism1922
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [noun] > instance of
frailty1665
doting1833
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 128 Dotynge, desipiencia.
c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) ii. l. 1016 (MED) Doughter..Youre dotynge-dayes, I trowe, now be come!..wote ye what ye say?
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xxvi. f. lxxxvv Dotyng is..whan a man through erroure of his mynde, swerueth from reason.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xxxiii. 51/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II An altercation & warre betweene the king of England and Lewes of France, through the doting of both parts.
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 242 Shee did nothing else but set up a laughter, meruailing that her sonne should have a cracked braine and fall a doting now.
1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian Pref. sig. Aiii I am not yet arriv'd to the Age of doating.
1789 R. Applegarth Apol. for Two Ordinances Jesus Christ i. 18 Why then write Books against this Ordinance, and call the Celebration of it doting?
1833 R. H. Froude Let. 30 June in Remains (1838) I. 317 Can these [verses] be doctored into any thing available, or are they dotings?
1864 R. T. Trall Hand-bk. Hygienic Pract. 103 Doting is called the dementia of the aged.
1919 U. L. Silberrad Green Pastures ix. 121 ‘It may be contested.’ ‘It will be..if there's any need to contest what's clearly the doting of an old man who'd outlived his wits’.
1971 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. 31/1 There seemed reason to fear that at any moment one would be embarrassed by the crotchets and dotings of old age.
2. The action or an act of bestowing love, fondness, care, or attention on a person or thing excessively or uncritically; infatuation. Frequently with on, upon.Now the usual sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun]
dotagea1450
doting1477
fondness1566
overfondness1656
weakness1712
engouement1847
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 65 Amenyus sayd, ther be .iij. thyngis that a prynce ought to eschewe. The fyrst is to moche drynking. The seconde is to moche delectacion in musyk. And the therde dotyng of women [a1460 Helm. foolysshe loue of wommen].
1588 J. Carpenter Remember Lots Wife sig. C2 Would to God, that..our damnable dotings in blind affections..had not maymed vs.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 340 Such is our passionate doting upon this world.
1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 53 in Scepsis Scientifica Dogmatizing, and fond doating upon Authorities.
1791 J. West Edmund Ironside i. i, in Misc. Poems 137 Sweet Maid, he loves thee With all the dotings of a gen'rous passion!
1876 J. Payn What he cost Her in All Year Round 25 Nov. 241/1 The husband had everything his own way; his Ella doted upon him, as is not usual at that early period of matrimony, when the doting is generally on the other side.
1911 S. A. Morgan Hist. Parl. Taxation Eng. v. 155 The doting of monarchs upon foreign favorites.
2006 C. Noxon Rejuvenile (Paperback ed.) i. 20 Was he stunted by..the doting of his indulgent mother?

Compounds

doting piece n. now rare the object of a person's love or affection.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > person or thing regarded with
dotage1609
idola1616
doting piece1733
1733 London Mag. Oct. 508/2 Him is my Wivez doating Piece.
1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley I. vi. 109 He was his father's doating-piece.
1941 J. Cary Herself Surprised viii. 22 Mr. Hickson hanging upon my words as I had been his doting piece these four days.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dotingn.2

Forms: late Middle English dotyng.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < dote v.2 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
The action of dote v.2; rotting, decay (in timber).
ΚΠ
a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 180 Tymber þat is hewe doun in these dayes of þe mone schal euer kepe himself from dotyng & rotyng.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

dotingadj.1

Brit. /ˈdəʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdoʊdɪŋ/
Forms: see dote v.1 and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < dote v.1 + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier dotard adj.1, doted adj.1, doty adj.1
1.
a. Of an action, attribute, idea, etc.: characterized by or indicating foolishness or stupidity; (now usually) exhibiting a decline of mental faculties, esp. due to old age.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective]
sickc1340
dottlec1390
doting1489
dotish1509
feeble-minded1534
weak-brained1535
silly1568
fondish1579
lean-witted1597
soft1621
weaka1661
touched1697
muzzy-headed1798
defective1825
wanting1839
half-baked1842
dotty1860
knock-kneed1865
lean-minded1867
doddering1871
weak-minded1883
ninepence in the shilling1889
barmy1892
drippy1952
dipshit1968
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. x. sig. Rj Folysh moeuynges and dotyng opynyons.
1554 Humble & Vnfained Confession Poore Banished Men sig. C.iiiv Be [churches]..not vtterlye corrupted and poysoned with diuers kindes of horrible idolatrye..with danable sectes..and with the dotyng doctrynes of men?
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 18 Ignorant and doting surmises.
1797 E. Burke Third Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France 32 The last resource of female weakness, of helpless infancy, of doting decrepitude.
1863 Christian Advocate & Jrnl. 12 Nov. 361 Is [social science]..but a pompous name for universal babble under the superintendence of doting garrulity?
1915 Country Life 5 June 786 Drayton..has also some verses setting forth the doting foolishness of this fowl.
1955 Index (Hermitage, Missouri) 26 May 7/2 Good nutrition may spell the difference between years of doting senility and years of worthwhile living.
b. Of a person: foolish, stupid, lacking sense or judgement; (now usually) having one's mental faculties impaired by old age.
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c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 1394 (MED) Thow olde dotyng foole..Where hast thow go to scoole?
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. vii. 25 The erroure of dotinge fooles.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. iii. 295 That old doting Lipsius might haue fitter dedicated his pen after all his labors, to this our goddesse of Melancholy.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon vii. 41 I tell thee thou art an old doating Fool.
1784 E. Topham in M. P. Andrews Reparation Prol. Condemn me as a doating, false Old Woman.
1870 F. M. Müller Introd. Sci. Relig. iv. 59/1 When that name had to be used with the young and the aged, with silly children and doting grandmothers, it was impossible to preserve it from being misunderstood.
1957 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 20 320 Jalāll al-dīn Khaljī, portrayed as rather doting and senile, emphasizes..that kings should be mild and compassionate.
1984 C. L. Page Your Retirement ii. 36 The pictures of a silly, doting old fool..or of a senile eccentric are not typical of people who reach a certain age.
2. Of a person: bestowing affection, care, or attention on a person or thing extravagantly, excessively, or uncritically; infatuated, besotted. Also of an action, attribute, etc.: characterized by or exhibiting excessive or extravagant fondness or affection. Now usually in weakened sense: loving, attentive.Now the usual sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adjective]
tender-eyed1535
fond1539
doting1541
doted1550
besotted1580
mally1592
twitterpated1942
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxvi. f. 57v The dotynge pleasure to se my lytell sonne ryde on a cokhorse.
1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Niij Louing, & yet not doting.
1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. vii, in Comedies & Trag. 135 They are still the most doting'st husbands.
1753 E. Young Brothers i. 9 I am no Picture, by the doating Eye To be survey'd.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 51 You give us doating mothers.
1863 H. M. Carey Woman Daily Life in Rose, Shamrock, Thistle Sept. 523 She was..disgusted at poor old Lord Bolton's displays of doating fondness.
1911 Monitor & New Era 30 Dec. 6/1 Every whim had been gratified by a doting father.
1987 N.Y. Times 19 Mar. b12 His father..was a doting grandparent who would wear a Darth Vader mask or play with dolls to entertain his grandchildren.
2004 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 108 448/2 The doting care he lavished on his friends and students.

Derivatives

ˈdotingly adv. in a doting manner; foolishly; (later usually) infatuatedly, fondly, affectionately.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > [adverb]
dotingly1548
besottedly1660
infatuatedly1833
fatuously1876
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adverb]
dotingly1548
1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Diijv Thei..dotyngly loued all that was their awne.
1684 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. (new ed.) lvii. 165 None more superstitious and dotingly stupid.
1836 W. Irving Widow's Ordeal in Knickerbocker Mag. Oct. 490 The duke..became doatingly fond of his wife.
2007 Film Comment Jan. 73/1 Prince Charming smiles dotingly from across the table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dotingadj.2

Forms: 1500s 1700s–1800s doting, 1600s doating.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dote v.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < dote v.2 + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete.
Of trees: decaying, rotten, esp. from age.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [adjective] > decayed or dead
doted1466
dotard1585
doting1593
rampike1593
doddle1601
doddered1684
doddard1693
rampiked1790
1593 L. S. Resurgendum 18 Our bodies when they are young, are weake twigges, when they are olde, are doting trees.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 32 The old wood, found commonly in doating Birches.
1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) Doting-Tree..a Tree almost worn out with Age.
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 320 An old doting oak.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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