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dotty | totty |

As an adjective dotty

is having many dots.

As a noun totty is

a hottentot.

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

    totty

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • (British, slang, English) sexually attractive women considered collectively; usually connoting a connection with the .
  • (slang, English) an individual sexually attractive woman
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    • Usage notes
    Although denoting a countable subject, the noun is most often a . A single person is described as "some totty" or "a bit of totty". But a group of people can also be referred to as "some totty" or "the totty".
    Related terms
    * hotty
    Synonyms
    * talent

    Etymology 2

    Compare totter.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, obsolete, dialect) unsteady; dizzy; tottery
  • * Spenser
    • For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must.
    (Sir Walter Scott)
    (Webster 1913)