doited

[ doi-tid, -tit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Scot.

doited

/ ˈdɔɪtɪt; ˈdɔɪtɪd /

Origin of doited¹

1375–1425; late Middle English (Scots), apparently a form of Middle English doted, past participle of doten to dote

Origin of doited¹

C15: probably from doten to dote

With a shamefaced laugh Alan told her she was an old witch, and was sheer doited at that!

Your mistress, doited devil, as I maun ca her, ought to be skelpit wi nettles for this calamity.

Mr. Keelevin, cried the Laird, peevishly, yere surely growing doited.

"How dare you call my brother, Sir Walter, a doited——" cried Jean, with flashing eyes.

A bit of yellow pairchment and a muckle false seal, and the name of a doited auld man!

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