Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doting

/ˈdəʊtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: dot-ing
IPA: /ˈdəʊtɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dote

adj

Characterized by giving love and affection.

adj

Showing a decline of mental faculties, especially when it occurs in old age.

noun

Excessive fondness; reverence.

Example Sentences

"doting parents"
"It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids."

Etymology

From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: dotynge

Inflected Forms

doating (alternative, obsolete) more doting (comparative) most doting (superlative) dotings (plural)

Derived Forms

dotingly dotingness undoting

Synonyms

fond adoring

Rhymes With

voting promoting floating noting quoting coating boating devoting denoting toting bloating gloating

Questions

How do you pronounce doting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdəʊtɪŋ/.
What does doting mean?: present participle and gerund of dote
Where does doting come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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