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dotings

dotings is the plural of doting.

Meaning of doting

Noun

doting (plural dotings)

  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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Questions about dotings

What is dotings the plural of?
Dotings is the plural of doting.

Words near dotings in the dictionary

  1. dotiness
  2. doting
  3. doting over
  4. dotingly
  5. dotingness
  6. dotings
  7. dotis
  8. dotish
  9. dotishness
  10. dotkin
  11. dotkins

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