doty
US/ˈdauti/
doty adjective: suffering from rot, or waterlogged.
Adjective
doty (comparative dotier, superlative dotiest)
- 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
- Senile; in one's dotage
Proper noun capitalized: Doty
Doty (plural Dotys)
- A surname.
Forms of doty
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | dotier |
| superlative | dotiest |
| alternative form | doaty |
| alternative form | dotey |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dotys |
Origin of doty
From dote + -y.
English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.
Words formed from doty
Questions about doty
- What does doty mean?
- Doty means suffering from rot, or waterlogged.
- What part of speech is doty?
- Doty can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce doty?
- Doty is pronounced /ˈdauti/ (US).
Words near doty in the dictionary
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