Dote vs Doter - What's the difference?
dote | doter |
To be excessively fond of.
(archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
* Dryden
* South
(Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
* Ted’s daughter is such a dote .
(obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
As a verb dote
is .As a noun doter is
one who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.dote
English
Alternative forms
* doat (obsolete)Verb
(dot)- Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.
- Time has made you dote , and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
- He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.
Synonyms
* (to be fond of) adore, loveNoun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)