doting

English

Etymology

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

Verb

doting

present participle of dote

Adjective

doting (comparative more doting, superlative most doting)

Characterized by giving love and affection.

Noun

doting (plural dotings)

Excessive fondness; reverence.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299:
  
  It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.

Anagrams

tin dog, tin god

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