different between dotery vs dotary

dotery

English

Etymology

dote +? -ery?

Noun

dotery (countable and uncountable, plural doteries)

  1. The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.

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dotary

English

Etymology

dote +? -ary?

Noun

dotary (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A dotard's weakness; dotage.
    • 1593, Michael Drayton, "The Shepheards Garland VII: The Seventh Eglog"[1]:
      These been for such as make them votarie,
      And take them to the mantle and the ring,
      And spenden day and night in dotarie,
      Hammering their heads, musing on heavenly thing,

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