单词 | doting |
释义 | dotingn.1 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. ΘΚΠ 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 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 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. ΚΠ 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 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). < n.11440n.2a1450adj.11489adj.21593 |
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