dotary

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noun

A dotard's weakness; dotage.

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Meanings

noundotary (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA dotard's weakness; dotage.

    These been for such as make them votarie, And take them to the mantle and the ring, And spenden day and night in dotarie, Hammering their heads, musing on heavenly thing,

    1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland VII: The Seventh Eglog

Origin

From dote + -ary?

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APA

dotary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotary

MLA

“dotary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dotary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotary.

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