DOTE, DOTING
ADJECTIVES
1824 ► DAFT doting, fond; extremely eager → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1609 ► DOTAGE a thing which is doted upon or regarded with extreme fondness→ obs.
1656 ► VECORDY doting, folly, madness, trouble of mind
1788 ► VECORD doting, folly, madness, trouble of mind
NOUNS, PERSON
1601 ► DOTARD a person who dotes on a person or thing→ obs.
1609 ► DOTAGE a person who is doted upon or regarded with extreme fondness→ obs.
1668 ► DOTERESS a female doter→ obs.
VERBS
1581 ► BESOT to cause to dote on; to affect with a foolish, blinding affection
1905 ► MADDLE AFTER to dote, to be fond of, to be madly in love with → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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