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Dotey vs Doty - What's the difference?

dotey | doty | Alternative forms |

Dotey is an alternative form of doty.


As an adjective doty is

(carpentry|of wood) suffering from rot, or waterlogged.

dotey

Not English

Dotey has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'dotey':

deity, duty, daddy, dowdy, diety, ditty, dotty, deathy, doty, doody, dooty, diddy, deedy, dutty

doty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (carpentry, of wood) Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
  • *1903 ,
    • An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.
  • (US, dialectal, of a person) Senile; in one's dotage

    • Alternative forms

    * (suffering from rot) doaty, dotey

    Derived terms

    * dotiness

    See also

    * dotty * doty in the Dictionary of American Regional English