doited
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English doten (“to behave foolishly”).
Adjective
[edit]doited (comparative more doited, superlative most doited)
- (Scotland) Afflicted with weak-mindedness, usually caused by senility
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- One man only worked on the place, a doited lad who had long been a charge to the parish, and who had not the sense to fear danger or the wit to understand it.