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dotier

dotier is the comparative form of doty.

Meaning of doty

Adjective

doty (comparative dotier, superlative dotiest)

  1. Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
    • An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.1903, John Fox Jr., The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
  2. (US, dialectal) Senile; in one's dotage

See all 3 meanings of doty

Questions about dotier

What is dotier the comparative form of?
Dotier is the comparative form of doty.

Words near dotier in the dictionary

  1. Dothrakian
  2. Dothrakis
  3. doti
  4. dotid
  5. dotids
  6. dotier
  7. dotiest
  8. dotiness
  9. doting
  10. doting over
  11. dotingly

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