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A.Word.A.Day--dotty Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio dotty (DOT-ee) adjective 1. Mentally unbalanced; crazy. Amusingly eccentric or unconventional. Ridiculous or absurd. 2. Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky. 3. Obsessively infatuated or enamored. [Probably alteration of Scots dottle, silly, from Middle English doten, to dote.] "Woodward and Holm play Martha and Abbey, the dotty old sisters who serve elderberry wine laced with poison to unsuspecting tea-time visitors, then bury the stiffs in their basement." Robert Osborne, Baldwin serves up his staged readings with taste of `Arsenic', Hollywood Reporter, Nov 1, 2000. This week's theme: yours to discover. X-Bonus One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if it were possible, speak a few reasonable words. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832) Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback AWADtalk | AWADchat

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