doting

American  

[doh-ting] / ˈdoʊ tɪŋ /

adjective

1. excessively fond.

   doting parents.

2. showing a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age; weak-minded; senile.

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Other Word Forms

• dotingly adverb
• dotingness noun
• undoting adjective

Etymology

Origin of doting

First recorded in 1480–90; dote + -ing ²

Example Sentences

As a young adult, she enjoyed what appeared to be a happy marriage to Charles “Handsome Charlie” Eldredge, a doting bank cashier, before tragedy struck, and struck again.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fans won’t ever know exactly why the doting parents lapsed in their watch of the eggs a month ago, though the nonprofit believes they had their reasons.

From Los Angeles Times

She said her son, who had a life-long passion for cars, was the "most loving, laid-back, sensitive man" who was a doting father to his own son.

From BBC

However, Miranda added that the doting mother had "recovered well from her ordeal".

From BBC

We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• adoring
• affectionate
• loving