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Vinony

doting

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊtɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

  1. Characterized by giving love and affection.

    “doting parents”

  2. Showing a decline of mental faculties, especially when it occurs in old age.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

  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.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of dote