DOTY

Etymology

Adjective

doty (comparative dotier, superlative dotiest)

(carpentry, of wood) Suffering from rot, or waterlogged

(US, dialectal, of a person) Senile; in one's dotage

Anagrams

• tody

Proper noun

Doty (plural Dotys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Doty is the 2009th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17965 individuals. Doty is most common among White (91.99%) individuals.

Anagrams

• tody

Source: Wiktionary


Do"ty, a. Etym: [See Dottard.]

Definition: Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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