dottiness means the state of quality of being covered in dots. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From dotty + -ness.
noun
- The state of quality of being covered in dots.“As in the center of Figure 6-3, a single stroke may reveal the inherent dottiness of computer stroking, which you can minimize by reducing the Step value on the Tool Options palette.”
- The state or quality of being dotty, mildly insane or preoccupied.“She needs to be simultaneously preposterous and entirely serious, and Angela Lansbury, in her Tony-nominated performance in the current revival at the Shubert Theater, is a whirlwind of dottiness with a ramrod spine of practicality.”