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dotes

UK/dəʊts/US/doʊts/

dotes is the plural of dote.

dotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dote.

Meaning of dote

Noun (1)

dote (countable and uncountable, plural dotes)

  1. (Ireland, countable) A darling, a cutie.
    • But to be sure baby Boardman was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
  2. (countable, obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
    • How did his death-bed make him a doate!1630, Tinker of Turvey
    Synonyms:
    dobby
  3. (rare, uncountable) Decay in a tree.

Noun (2)

dote (plural dotes)

  1. (obsolete) Dowry.

See all 8 meanings of dote

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Words that rhyme with dotes

Questions about dotes

What is dotes the plural of?
Dotes is the plural of dote.
How do you pronounce dotes?
Dotes is pronounced /dəʊts/ (UK).

Words near dotes in the dictionary

  1. Dotens
  2. doter
  3. doteries
  4. doters
  5. dotery
  6. dotes
  7. dotes over
  8. dotest
  9. doteth
  10. dotfile
  11. dotfiles

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