All 4 Uses
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Angela's Ashes
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- Women in cells at the other end tell Malachy he's gorgeous and the twins are dotes.†
Chpt 2 *dotes = demonstrates love and uncritical affection
- The woman says, Lord, he's a dote.†
Chpt 2dote = demonstrate love and uncritical affection
- A dote, she says, and look at them gorgeous goldy curls.†
Chpt 2
- In awhile there are voices downstairs and there is talk of tea, sherry, lemonade, buns, and isn't that child the loveliest little fella in the world, little Alphie, foreign name but still an' all still an' all not a sound outa him the whole time he's that good-natured God bless him sure he'll live forever with the sweetness that's in him the little dote spittin' image of his mother his father his grandma his little brothers dead an' gone.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(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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(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.