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dotary

dotary noun: a dotard's weakness; dotage.

Noun

dotary (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A dotard's weakness; dotage.
    • These been for such as make them votarie,
      And take them to the mantle and the ring,
      And spenden day and night in dotarie,
      Hammering their heads, musing on heavenly thing,1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland VII: The Seventh Eglog

Origin of dotary

From dote + -ary?

Questions about dotary

What does dotary mean?
Dotary means a dotard's weakness; dotage.
What part of speech is dotary?
Dotary is a noun.

Words near dotary in the dictionary

  1. dotardy
  2. dotarist
  3. dotarists
  4. dotarizine
  5. dotars
  6. dotary
  7. dotate
  8. dotated
  9. dotates
  10. dotating
  11. dotation

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