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

Example Sentences

Then she rambled on to the Days that were gone, the good old Days, & so to the Days before the Flood—which plainly showed her old head to be little better than crazed & doited.

From A Masque of Days From the Last Essays of Elia: Newly Dressed & Decorated by Crane, Walter

I hae na wish to be drum-major; it were na great things to be like the doited carle, Else-than-gude, as they call him; and, troth, he has nae his name for naething. 

From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William

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 Neilson, William Allan

They went their ways, agreeing that the woman was doited.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Douce Davie Deans, the auld doited whig body's daughter, in a gipsy's barn, and the night setting in?

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Scott, Walter, Sir