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doty

English

Etymology

dote +? -y

Adjective

doty (comparative dotier, superlative dotiest)

  1. (carpentry, of wood) Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
    • 1903, John Fox Jr., The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
      An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.
  2. (US, dialectal, of a person) Senile; in one's dotage

Alternative forms

  • (suffering from rot): doaty, dotey

Derived terms

  • dotiness

See also

  • dotty
  • doty in the Dictionary of American Regional English

Anagrams

  • tody

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shabby

English

Etymology

From shab (“scab”) +? -y, or directly from an alteration of scabby. Cognate with Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”), Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”), Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”), German schäbig (“shabby”), Swedish skabbig (“scabby”), Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??æb.i/
  • Rhymes: -æbi

Adjective

shabby (comparative shabbier, superlative shabbiest)

  1. Torn or worn; unkempt.
  2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
  3. Mean; paltry; despicable.

Derived terms

  • shabby-genteel
  • shabby chic

Translations

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