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doter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdəʊtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree English dote Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English doter From dote + -er.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”).
    • “Hold thy tongue! old doter; how should my daughter resemble thy son?” 1843, Astolphe marquis de Custine, The Empire of the Czar, page 103:
  2. Synonym of dotard (“one who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness”).

Forms

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Synonyms

dotard · dotard · dodipole (dotard) · mimmerkin