dote
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- doat (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”) or Middle Dutch doten (“to be silly”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)
- (intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
- 2010, Jennifer Egan, “A to B”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
- Jules doted on Chris, spending hours while Chris was at school assembling vast cities out of microscopic Lego pieces to surprise him when he returned.
- (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, “Ill-disposed Affections […] ”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
- He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.
- 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Noun[edit]
dote (plural dotes)
- (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- But to be sure baby was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib.
- (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.
- 1630, Tinker of Turvey:
- How did his death-bed make him a doate!
Synonyms[edit]
- (dotard): dobby, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dote
- inflection of doter:
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dote f (plural doti)
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
dōte
References[edit]
- dote in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
A back-formation from doten.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dote
Descendants[edit]
- English: dote
References[edit]
- “dōte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
dote
- Alternative form of doten
Old Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin dōs, dōtem, from Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis (“act of giving”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dote m or f
- dowry
- ca. 1480, Ordenanzas reales de Castilla. Huete, Álvaro de Castro, 1484. BNM I1338, fol. 243r. , (ed. by Ivy A. Corfis, 1995, Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies):
- E sy fijos non ouiere que pierda todos sus bienes las dos partes para la nuestra camara & la otra terçia parte para acusador. E estos bienes que asy se perdieren se entiendan sacadas las debdas & sacado el dote & arras de su muger.
- And if he does not have issue (children), he shall lose all his possessions. Two thirds shall go to our chamber, and the third to the accuser [of blasphemy]. And by these possessions thus lost, his debts shall be considered solved, along with the dowry and downpayment of his wife.
- E sy fijos non ouiere que pierda todos sus bienes las dos partes para la nuestra camara & la otra terçia parte para acusador. E estos bienes que asy se perdieren se entiendan sacadas las debdas & sacado el dote & arras de su muger.
- 1491, Alfonso X, Siete Partidas (BNM I 766) , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto, 2004, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
- Ley sesta. como la dote o el arra que resçibe el padre por su fijo o por su fija no deue venir a partiçion entre los otros hermanos.
- Law 6. How the dowry or downpayment that a father receives for [the marriage of] his son or daughter shall not be split among the other siblings.
- Ley sesta. como la dote o el arra que resçibe el padre por su fijo o por su fija no deue venir a partiçion entre los otros hermanos.
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: dote
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
dote m (plural dotes)
- foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
- dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish dote (“dowry”, masculine or feminine noun), borrowed from Latin dōtem. Doublet of dosis.
Noun[edit]
dote f (plural dotes)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
dote
- inflection of dotar:
Further reading[edit]
- “dote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish dote, from Latin dōs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dote (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆᜒ)
- dowry
- Synonyms: bigay-kaya, pasalap, ubad, (dialectal) bilang
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “dote”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Venetian[edit]
Noun[edit]
dote
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Middle Low German
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- English doublets
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- Rhymes:English/əʊt
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔte
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- it:Law
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- enm:Age
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- Old Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ote
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