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- noun The state or quality of being
dotty , mildly insane orpreoccupied
Etymologies
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Examples
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And I have to concur with the consensus - your fake dottiness is just as convincing as your fake ageing.
Young Boris! Roger Langridge 2008
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Mike Liccione discusses the "dottiness" of both the far right and the far left, saying:
Sacramental Contradiction elena maria vidal 2009
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Mike Liccione discusses the "dottiness" of both the far right and the far left, saying:
Archive 2009-03-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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Mike Liccione discusses the "dottiness" of both the far right and the far left, saying:
Tea at Trianon 2009
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The Met may be a repository of various transformative moments in world history, but to suggest that a mere museum visit could itself transform our dialogue -- especially in an election year -- would perhaps be indicative of an altogether different type of dottiness.
Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012
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The Met may be a repository of various transformative moments in world history, but to suggest that a mere museum visit could itself transform our dialogue -- especially in an election year -- would perhaps be indicative of an altogether different type of dottiness.
Tanya M. Acker: Ditch the Xanax: Why the Metropolitan Museum Is a Better Cure for American Grumpiness Tanya M. Acker 2012
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Was Rupert Murdoch's dottiness a strategy handed down from Edelman or was that him abandoning his libretto to declare himself suddenly humble if that's humility...
Jeff Jarvis: Murdoch's Public Relations -- Against the Public Jeff Jarvis 2011
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Sometimes she's distracted to the point of dottiness, sometimes she's sharp as a tack and still seductive.
'Like Crazy': From Cupid's Blunders, Wonders Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Was Rupert Murdoch's dottiness a strategy handed down from Edelman or was that him abandoning his libretto to declare himself suddenly humble if that's humility...
Jeff Jarvis: Murdoch's Public Relations -- Against the Public Jeff Jarvis 2011
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Tea Party dottiness - "shrinking government and slashing taxes" may temporarily channel the frustrations voters feel at the high levels of unemployment, but it won't make America great again.
Nigel Hamilton: Rahm Is Going Nigel Hamilton 2010
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