as in crazy (about or over)
filled with an intense or excessive love for
she's dotty over begonias—as you can see the minute you enter her house
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obsessed
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But the irony is that the fictional worlds I was most obsessed with had no place for me either.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025 -
In Mysterious Skin, 1980s Kansas teenager Neil (Gordon-Levitt) becomes a hustler, and Brian (Brady Corbet) becomes obsessed with UFOs, years after playing on the same little league team and experiencing a mutual childhood trauma, during which Brian is convinced they were abducted by aliens.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Dotty (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotty%20%28over%29. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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