Dotty
adjective
A little crazy.
I think my grandma is getting a bit dotty.
Often appears as...
- go dotty
- bit dotty
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Covered with or characterized by dots.
She wore a dotty blouse to the party.
Often appears as...
- dotty pattern
- dotty print
adjective
Enthusiastic or obsessed about something.
She's dotty about animals, wants to be a vet.
Often appears as...
- dotty about him
- dotty about it
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
A little crazy.
I think my grandma is getting a bit dotty.
Often appears as...
- go dotty
- bit dotty
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Covered with or characterized by dots.
She wore a dotty blouse to the party.
Often appears as...
- dotty pattern
- dotty print
adjective
Enthusiastic or obsessed about something.
She's dotty about animals, wants to be a vet.
Often appears as...
- dotty about him
- dotty about it
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Mild Disparagement
Indicates a harmless level of eccentricity or forgetfulness, usually related to age.
Grandpa's plans to build a spaceship have us thinking he's quite dotty.
Pro Tip 2/3Affectionate Tone
Used in a fond or loving way when referring to someone's quirks.
Aunt May is dotty with her collection of porcelain frogs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Less offensive than calling someone 'crazy' or 'mad', but still be sensitive.
He's a bit dotty but means well.
Pro Tip 1/3Mild Disparagement
Indicates a harmless level of eccentricity or forgetfulness, usually related to age.
Grandpa's plans to build a spaceship have us thinking he's quite dotty.
Pro Tip 2/3Affectionate Tone
Used in a fond or loving way when referring to someone's quirks.
Aunt May is dotty with her collection of porcelain frogs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Less offensive than calling someone 'crazy' or 'mad', but still be sensitive.
He's a bit dotty but means well.
Pro Tip 1/3Mild Disparagement
Indicates a harmless level of eccentricity or forgetfulness, usually related to age.
Grandpa's plans to build a spaceship have us thinking he's quite dotty.
Pro Tip 2/3Affectionate Tone
Used in a fond or loving way when referring to someone's quirks.
Aunt May is dotty with her collection of porcelain frogs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Insulting
Less offensive than calling someone 'crazy' or 'mad', but still be sensitive.
He's a bit dotty but means well.
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Video examples
Hooked on Bass PIPE...
obsessed with catching the biggest bass in the world doesn't make that any less than Michael Jordan being obsessed with basketball Jed's efforts intensified the next three years big fish were caught but none the size of dotty then on March 20th 2006 when
Video examples
Hooked on Bass PIPE...
obsessed with catching the biggest bass in the world doesn't make that any less than Michael Jordan being obsessed with basketball Jed's efforts intensified the next three years big fish were caught but none the size of dotty then on March 20th 2006 when
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Louis MacNeice
British Poet
My stepmother appeared when I was about 9. My brother was sent off to an institute in Scotland & my sister & I were sent to school. As my stepmother's ideas were then wholly Quaker, mixed with a naive & charming innocence & a little snobbery, it was one dotty epoch on top of another. I always remained terrified of my father.
Quote examples
Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
I was 16 before I met another passionate collector. One summer, I visited England; a new friend took me calling on his dotty, brilliant old aunt. She occupied a quaint house in Kent. Its walls were lined with glass-fronted cases full of what? Ancient shoe buckles.
Quote examples
Louis MacNeice
British Poet
My stepmother appeared when I was about 9. My brother was sent off to an institute in Scotland & my sister & I were sent to school. As my stepmother's ideas were then wholly Quaker, mixed with a naive & charming innocence & a little snobbery, it was one dotty epoch on top of another. I always remained terrified of my father.
Quote examples
Allan Gurganus
American Novelist
I was 16 before I met another passionate collector. One summer, I visited England; a new friend took me calling on his dotty, brilliant old aunt. She occupied a quaint house in Kent. Its walls were lined with glass-fronted cases full of what? Ancient shoe buckles.
Example 1 of 2
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