Dotee
/doʊˈtiː/noun
A person who is the object of someone’s excessive affection or fondness.
Did you know?Dotee is formed from the verb “dote” plus the suffix “-ee,” a marker for someone who receives an action, as in employee or nominee.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*dautjan
“To make foolish or stupid; a reconstructed ancestor associated with the later sense of dote.”
Old English
Old English
dotian
“To be foolish, silly, or mentally weak.”
Middle English
Middle English
doten
“To behave foolishly or lose one’s mental faculties.”
14th Century
English
dote
“To be foolish, especially through excessive affection; later, to lavish affection.”
17th Century
English
-ee
“A suffix indicating the person who receives an action or is its object, from Anglo-French and ultimately Latin forms.”
Modern English
English
dotee
“A person who is doted on; a recipient of excessive affection.”