dote

dote

See also: doté

English

Alternative forms

• doat (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”) or Middle Dutch doten (“to be silly”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dōt
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dəʊt/

  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

1. (intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.

   Synonyms: adore, love

   Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him.

   • 2010, Jennifer Egan, “A to B”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:

     Jules doted on Chris, spending hours while Chris was at school assembling vast cities out of microscopic Lego pieces to surprise him when he returned.

2. (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, “Ill-disposed Affections […] ”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:

     He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

   • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:

     Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.

Derived terms

• (be foolishly fond of): dote over
• (act in a foolish manner): dotard, dotterel
• dotage

Translations

to be foolishly fond of

Bulgarian: влюбвам се до уши (vljubvam se do uši) Czech: zbožňovat impf Dutch: dol zijn op Finnish: jumaloida (fi) German: schwärmen (de), vernarrt sein, einen Narren fressen, verhätscheln (de) Maori: whakamatariki (on a woman), whakamaimoa Polish: ubóstwiać (pl) impf (+ accusative), szaleć (pl) impf (za + instrumental) Russian: (сле́по (slépo)) обожа́ть (ru) (obožátʹ), души́ не ча́ять (ru) (duší ne čájatʹ) (в (v) + prepositional case) Ukrainian: кохати до нестями (koxaty do nestjamy), гинути (hynuty) (за кимсь)

to act in a foolish manner

Bulgarian: изкуфявам (izkufjavam), оглупявам (bg) (oglupjavam) Dutch: dollen (nl) Finnish: hölmöillä (fi) Russian: выжива́ть из ума́ (vyživátʹ iz umá), впада́ть в ста́рческий мара́зм (vpadátʹ v stárčeskij marázm) Turkish: hariflemek Ukrainian: втрачати глузд (vtračaty hluzd), дуріти (durity), шаленіти (šalenity)

Noun

dote (plural dotes)

1. (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], OCLC 560090630:

     But to be sure baby was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.

2. (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
   • 1630, Tinker of Turvey:

     How did his death-bed make him a doate!

Synonyms

• (dotard): dobby, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard

Translations

darling, cutie

Dutch: schat (nl) f, dot (nl) m or f Finnish: söpöläinen (fi) German: Liebling (de) m, Schatz (de) m, Schätzchen (de) n Russian: мила́шка (ru) f (miláška) (to a girl), ду́шечка (ru) f (dúšečka) (to a girl) Ukrainian: люба f (ljuba), любця f (ljubcja) (to a girl), любий f (ljubyj), любчик f (ljubčyk) (to a guy), серденько f (serdenʹko) Spanish: amoroso (es)

Anagrams

• tode, toed

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔt/

• Audio

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Verb

dote

1. inflection of doter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin dotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: dò‧te

Noun

dote f (plural doti)

1. (law) dowry, dower
2. gift (2), talent (3)

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Latin

Noun

dōte

1. ablative singular of dōs

References

• dote in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from doten.

Alternative forms

• doote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːt(ə)/

Noun

dote

1. An idiot or imbecile; a dotard.
2. A senile individual; an elderly person lacking sound mind.

Descendants

• English: dote

References

• “dōte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Verb

dote

1. Alternative form of doten

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Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dōs, dōtem, from Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis (“act of giving”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdote/

Noun

dote m or f

1. dowry
   • ca. 1480, Ordenanzas reales de Castilla. Huete, Álvaro de Castro, 1484. BNM I1338, fol. 243r. , (ed. by Ivy A. Corfis, 1995, Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies):

     E sy fijos non ouiere que pierda todos sus bienes las dos partes para la nuestra camara & la otra terçia parte para acusador. E estos bienes que asy se perdieren se entiendan sacadas las debdas & sacado el dote & arras de su muger.

     And if he does not have issue (children), he shall lose all his possessions. Two thirds shall go to our chamber, and the third to the accuser [of blasphemy]. And by these possessions thus lost, his debts shall be considered solved, along with the dowry and downpayment of his wife.

   • 1491, Alfonso X, Siete Partidas (BNM I 766) , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto, 2004, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     Ley sesta. como la dote o el arra que resçibe el padre por su fijo o por su fija no deue venir a partiçion entre los otros hermanos.

     Law 6. How the dowry or downpayment that a father receives for [the marriage of] his son or daughter shall not be split among the other siblings.

   Synonyms: arra, arrás

Descendants

• Spanish: dote

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dos.

Noun

dote m (plural dotes)

1. foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
2. dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dote (“dowry”, masculine or feminine noun), borrowed from Latin dōs, dōtem. Doublet of dosis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdote/ [ˈd̪o.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: do‧te

Noun

dote f (plural dotes)

1. dowry
2. talent

Related terms

• dotado

Verb

dote

1. inflection of dotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “dote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dote, from Latin dōs.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: do‧te
• IPA^(key): /ˈdote/, [ˈdo.te]

Noun

dote (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆᜒ)

1. dowry

   Synonyms: bigay-kaya, pasalap, ubad, (dialectal) bilang

Derived terms

• dotehan
• magdote

 

References

• “dote”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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Venetian

Noun

dote

1. plural of dota