Pronunciations
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/ˈdəʊtɪŋ/
Adjective
Characterized by giving love and affection.
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doting parents
Showing a decline of mental faculties, especially when it occurs in old age.
Noun
Excessive fondness; reverence.
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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.
Adjective
extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
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adoring grandparents
deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
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hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother