All 4 Uses of
doting
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- There was a show of gratitude and worship in his attachment to my mother, differing wholly from the doting fondness of age, for it was inspired by reverence for her virtues and a desire to be the means of, in some degree, recompensing her for the sorrows she had endured, but which gave inexpressible grace to his behaviour to her.†
p. 34.9 *doting = demonstrating love and uncritical affection
- I heard of the difference of sexes, and the birth and growth of children, how the father doted on the smiles of the infant, and the lively sallies of the older child, how all the life and cares of the mother were wrapped up in the precious charge, how the mind of youth expanded and gained knowledge, of brother, sister, and all the various relationships which bind one human being to another in mutual bonds.†
p. 123.9doted = demonstrated love and uncritical affection
- Death snatches away many blooming children, the only hopes of their doting parents; how many brides and youthful lovers have been one day in the bloom of health and hope, and the next a prey for worms and the decay of the tomb!†
p. 181.9doting = demonstrating love and uncritical affection
- His eyes wandered in vacancy, for they had lost their charm and their delight—his Elizabeth, his more than daughter, whom he doted on with all that affection which a man feels, who in the decline of life, having few affections, clings more earnestly to those that remain.†
p. 201.9doted = demonstrated love and uncritical affection
Definition:
demonstrating love and uncritical affection
Doting may also imply that the doter tends to hover around the person they love to help attend to any needs.