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doting

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dot⋅ing

  [doh-ting]
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–adjective
1. excessively fond: doting parents.
2. showing a decline of mental faculties, esp. associated with old age; weak-minded; senile.
Origin:
1480–90; dote + -ing 2

Related forms:
dot⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
dot⋅ing⋅ness, noun

dote

  [doht] verb, dot⋅ed, dot⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object) Also, doat.
1. to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually fol. by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter.
2. to show a decline of mental faculties, esp. associated with old age.
–noun
3. decay of wood.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME doten to behave foolishly, become feeble-minded; c. MD doten.

Related forms:
doter, noun
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dote   (dōt)   
intr.v.   dot·ed, dot·ing, dotes
To show excessive fondness or love: parents who dote on their only child.

[Middle English doten.]
dot'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

dote 
c.1205, from M.L.G. doten "be foolish," of unknown origin. Dotage, lit. "the state of one who dotes," first recorded c.1390 for "senility." Dotard (n.) "imbecile" is attested from c.1386.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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