doting

adj, noun — 3 senses

doting

adj

/ˈdəʊtɪŋ/

Etymology From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

1

Characterized by giving love and affection.

doting parents

2

Showing a decline of mental faculties, especially when it occurs in old age.

Derived terms: dotingly, dotingness, undoting

doting

noun

Etymology From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

1

Excessive fondness; reverence.

It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

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