1. plural of dottiness; the quality or state of being scatterbrained, eccentric, or slightly crazy
Usage: informal; usually uncountable in singular form; plural used to refer to multiple instances or manifestations

Examples

• Her dottinesses made her the most entertaining person at every party.
• The professor's various dottinesses—forgetting names, misplacing papers—were endearing to his students.
• We laughed at the dottinesses of the elderly aunt who always mixed up her grandchildren's names.
• His dottinesses included talking to himself and wearing mismatched socks.
• The character's charming dottinesses drove the plot of the comedy.