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Dotier vs Dottier - What's the difference?

dotier | dottier |

As adjectives the difference between dotier and dottier

is that dotier is (doty) while dottier is (dotty).

dotier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (doty)

    • Anagrams

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    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

    dottier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (dotty)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    dotty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having many dots.
    • I'm all for cheetahs, but why must they be so dotty ?
  • (British) Mildly insane or excessively preoccupied; often, senile.
    • My nan has got dottier and dottier since she's got to the age of eighty.

    Derived terms

    * dottily * dottiness