Doty

Origin

dote + -y

Full definition of doty

Adjective

1. (carpentry, of wood) Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
• 1903, John Fox, Jr., An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.
2. (US, dialectal, of a person) Senile; in one's dotage

Alternative forms

• (suffering from rot) doaty, dotey

Derived terms

• dotiness