doty

D2O1T1Y4
US/ˈdauti/

noun

A darling, a loved one.

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Meanings

doty1

noundoty (plural doties)

plural doties · alternative doaty · alternative dotey

  1. IrelandA darling, a loved one.

    I looked so simple in the cradle they named me simple Simon. —You must have been a doaty, Miss Douce made answer.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 11: Sirens]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 250
adjectivedoty (comparative dotier, superlative dotiest)

comparative dotier · superlative dotiest · alternative doaty · alternative dotey · alternative doaty · alternative dotey

  1. businessSuffering from rot, or waterlogged

    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.

    1903, John Fox Jr., The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
  2. USdialectalSenile; in one's dotage

Doty2

proper nounDoty (plural Dotys)

plural Dotys

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dozy

Origin

doty · noun, adjective

From dote + -y.

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Doty · proper noun

English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tody
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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