All 3 Uses of
doting
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- Ill, to example ill, Would from my forehead wipe a perjur'd note; For none offend where all alike do dote.†
Scene 4.3 *dote = demonstrate love and uncritical affection
- if in black my lady's brows be deck'd, It mourns that painting and usurping hair Should ravish doters with a false aspect; And therefore is she born to make black fair.†
Scene 4.3
- Folly in fools bears not so strong a note As fool'ry in the wise when wit doth dote; Since all the power thereof it doth apply To prove, by wit, worth in simplicity.†
Scene 5.2dote = demonstrate love and uncritical affection
Definitions:
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(1)
(doting) demonstrating love and uncritical affectionDoting may also imply that the doter tends to hover around the person they love to help attend to any needs.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, in classic literature you may encounter doting in reference to old age -- especially old age leading to diminished mental capacity.