Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dotty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dotty \Dot"ty\, a. [From 2d {Dot}.]
1. Composed of, or characterized by, dots.
2. [Perh. a different word; cf. {Totty}.] Unsteady in gait;
hence, feeble; half-witted. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dotty
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular [syn: {balmy},
{barmy}, {bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
{crackers}, {daft}, {fruity}, {haywire}, {kooky}, {kookie},
{loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts}, {nutty}, {wacky}]
2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy
about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he
was infatuated with her" [syn: {crazy}, {gaga}, {enamored},
{infatuated}, {in love}, {smitten}, {soft on(p)}, {taken
with(p)}]
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