dote

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dəʊt/
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• General-American: /doʊt/
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• rhymes with -əʊt
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The verb is derived from Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”) or Middle Dutch doten (“to be silly”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English). The noun in the sense of "imbecile" is derived from Middle English dote (“simpleton”), itself from doten (see above). The noun in the sense of "darling" and "decay" is derived from the modern verb.

From Middle English dote (“endowment”) (c. 1450), from Middle French dote (modern dot), from Latin dos.

From Middle French doter, Latin dōtāre.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: schat — darling, cutie
• Dutch: dot — darling, cutie
• Finnish: söpöläinen — darling, cutie
• German: Liebling — darling, cutie
• German: Schatz — darling, cutie
• German: Schätzchen — darling, cutie
• Russian: мила́шка (miláška) — darling, cutie
• Russian: ду́шечка (dúšečka) — darling, cutie
• Spanish: amoroso — darling, cutie
• Ukrainian: люба (ljuba) — darling, cutie
• Ukrainian: любця (ljubcja) — darling, cutie
• Ukrainian: любий (ljubyj) — darling, cutie
• Ukrainian: любчик (ljubčyk) — darling, cutie
• Ukrainian: серденько (serdenʹko) — darling, cutie
• Bulgarian: влюбвам се до уши (vljubvam se do uši) — to be foolishly fond of
• Czech: zbožňovat — to be foolishly fond of
• Czech: slepě milovat — to be foolishly fond of
• Czech: vidět se (v kom) — to be foolishly fond of
• Czech: lpět (na kom) — to be foolishly fond of
• Dutch: dol zijn op — to be foolishly fond of
• Finnish: jumaloida — to be foolishly fond of
• German: schwärmen — to be foolishly fond of
• German: vernarrt sein — to be foolishly fond of
• German: einen Narren fressen — to be foolishly fond of
• German: verhätscheln — to be foolishly fond of
• Māori: whakamatariki — to be foolishly fond of
• Māori: whakamaimoa — to be foolishly fond of
• Polish: ubóstwiać — to be foolishly fond of
• Russian: обожа́ть (obožátʹ) — to be foolishly fond of
• Ukrainian: кохати до нестями (koxaty do nestjamy) — to be foolishly fond of
• Ukrainian: гинути (hynuty) — to be foolishly fond of
• Welsh: dwlu — to be foolishly fond of
• Bulgarian: изкуфявам (izkufjavam) — to act in a foolish manner
• Bulgarian: оглупявам (oglupjavam) — to act in a foolish manner
• Czech: být senilní — to act in a foolish manner
• Czech: senilnět — to act in a foolish manner
• Dutch: dollen — to act in a foolish manner
• Finnish: hölmöillä — to act in a foolish manner
• Russian: выжива́ть из ума́ (vyživátʹ iz umá) — to act in a foolish manner
• Russian: впада́ть в ста́рческий мара́зм (vpadátʹ v stárčeskij marázm) — to act in a foolish manner
• Turkish: hariflemek — to act in a foolish manner
• Ukrainian: втрачати глузд (vtračaty hluzd) — to act in a foolish manner
• Ukrainian: дуріти (durity) — to act in a foolish manner
• Ukrainian: шаленіти (šalenity) — to act in a foolish manner