Was Does Doting Mean?

intransitive verb. 1 : to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage. 2 : to be lavish or excessive in one's attention, fondness, or affection —usually used with on doted on her only grandchild.

What is the meaning of doting '?

Someone who's doting is loving and fond, and tends to spoil you terribly. Your doting grandmother, for example, might shower you with gifts even when it's not your birthday. ... The earliest meaning of dote was "be feeble-minded from old age," and by the 15th century it came to mean "be loving or infatuated."

Is it doting or dotting?

As nouns the difference between dotting and doting

is that dotting is a dotted pattern; a speckling while doting is excessive fondness; reverence.