doting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English dotynge; equivalent to dote + -ing.

There are a thousand ways in which you can show your dislike of these preposterous and doting attentions. — Nicholas Nickleby, Charles Dickens
Then there are the Marriages;--only one as yet; and your mother's name looks oddly to you: it is hard to think of her as anyone else than your doting parent. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
Perhaps his grandpapa, not the bankrupt one, who is almost doting, but Mr. Osborne, of Russell Square, may be induced to relent towards the child of your friend, HIS ERRING AND SELF-WILLED SON. — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray

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