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dottier

dottier is the comparative form of dotty.

Meaning of dotty

Adjective (1)

dotty (comparative dottier, superlative dottiest)

  1. (Australia, UK, colloquial) Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
    • My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.
  2. (UK, dated) Having an unsteady gait.

Adjective (2)

dotty (comparative dottier, superlative dottiest)

  1. Having many dots.
    • Look at the dotty pattern on that cheetah's fur.

See all 5 meanings of dotty

Questions about dottier

What is dottier the comparative form of?
Dottier is the comparative form of dotty.

Words near dottier in the dictionary

  1. Dotterer
  2. Dotterers
  3. dotters
  4. dotteth
  5. dottie
  6. dottier
  7. dotties
  8. dottiest
  9. dottily
  10. dottiness
  11. dottinesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dottier (page history and authors); dotty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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