From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dotty \Dot"ty\, a. [From 2d {Dot}.]
1. Composed of, or characterized by, dots.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. [Perh. a different word; cf. {Totty}.] Unsteady in gait;
hence, feeble; half-witted. [Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dotty
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used
to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy},
{bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
{crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire},
{kooky}, {kookie}, {loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts},
{nutty}, {round the bend}, {around the bend}, {wacky},
{whacky}]
2: intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy
about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her" [syn:
{crazy}, {wild}, {dotty}, {gaga}]
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