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doting

American  
[doh-ting] / ˈdoʊ tɪŋ /

adjective

  1. excessively fond.

    doting parents.

  2. showing a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age; weak-minded; senile.

Other Word Forms

  • dotingly adverb
  • dotingness noun
  • undoting adjective

Etymology

Origin of doting

First recorded in 1480–90; dote + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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Fans won’t ever know exactly why the doting parents lapsed in their watch of the eggs a month ago, though the nonprofit believes they had their reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

However, Miranda added that the doting mother had "recovered well from her ordeal".

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The lawyer said Tipping was an avid outdoorsman and a doting son to both his parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

But who could control Jaimito, only son of his doting mother, unquestioned boss of his five sisters!

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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