doited

American  

[doi-tid, -tit] / ˈdɔɪ tɪd, -tɪt /

adjective

Scot.

1. childish or feeble-minded, especially because of advanced age; senile.

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doited British  

/ ˈdɔɪtɪt, ˈdɔɪtɪd /

adjective

1. foolish or childish, as from senility

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Etymology

Origin of doited

1375–1425; late Middle English (Scots), apparently a form of Middle English doted, past participle of doten to dote

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Example Sentences

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doited

Thou clears the head o' doited Lear: muddled Learning Thou cheers the heart o' drooping Care; Thou strings the nerves o' Labour sair, At's weary toil: Thou even brightens dark Despair Wi' gloomy smile.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson

Lat sit, an' gang an' luik for that puir, doited thing, Annie.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald

"Sairs me richt for argey-bargeyin' wi' a doited cratur that canna see a thing that's as plen's a pikestaff," he says, efter he had gotten his nose blawn.

From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond

But the body was sae doited and blin’, He wist na where he was gaun, O. III.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

I am a havering and doited old woman," she announced with great decision, "and no one takes any notice of what I say or do.

From A Safety Match by Ian Hay

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