dottiness

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)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.”

2. (uncountable, usually)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.”