dottle

Meanings

Noun

• A plug or tap of a vessel.
• A small rounded lump or mass.
• The still burning or wholly burnt tobacco plug in a pipe.
• A baby's dummy, pacifier.
• A dotard.

Adjective

• Stupid or senile.

Origin

• From Middle English dottel, dottelle, a diminutive of Old English dott (> English dot), equivalent to dot + -le. Related to Old English dyttan, Dutch dot, Low German Dutte ("a plug"). More at dit.
• Related to dote, dotard.