doughty

[ dou-tee ]

/ ˈdaʊ ti /

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adjective, dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.

steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

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Origin of doughty

before 1000; Middle English; Old English dohtig worthy, equivalent to *doht worth (cognate with Old High German toht; see dow¹, -th¹) + -ig -y¹; replacing Old English dyhtig, cognate with German tüchtig

SYNONYMS FOR doughty

brave, bold, intrepid, fearless, dauntless.

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Related formsdough·ti·ly, adverbdough·ti·ness, nounun·dough·ty, adjective

Doughty

[ dou-tee ]

/ ˈdaʊ ti /

noun

Charles Mon·ta·gu

[mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/, 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.

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Examples from the Web for doughty

As Doughty explains, no one really knows what the rules are when it comes to death.
Cremains of the Day|Jessica Ferri|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I believe an archetype was born in those years, that of the doughty British woman—proud, opinionated, but with a heart of gold.
The Tragic, Heroic Women of World War I|Jacqueline Winspear|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Doughty, too, was England, in its game against Italy, although unfruitfully so.
The Group of Life|Tunku Varadarajan|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That will be a harder claim to make after today: its soccer team is a doughty legion.
The Group of Life|Tunku Varadarajan|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The doughty and aggressive Captain Ebenezer Allen harassed their rear whenever opportunity was given for striking a blow.
Vermont|Rowland E. Robinson
In far-away England was a doughty youth, John Smith, who dreamed of battle and adventure.
The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith|E. Boyd Smith
Their helms and eke their mail-coats / bound on horse did stand: And doughty knights made ready / to fare from out that land.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
In this same month he issued to Senator Douglas his doughty challenge to a series of debates.
Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;|Clark S. Beardslee
He had observed that they were quarrelsome, doughty and well armed.
Little Tom|V. Tille

British Dictionary definitions for doughty

doughty

/ (ˈdaʊtɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

hardy; resolute

Derived Formsdoughtily, adverbdoughtiness, noun

Word Origin for doughty

Old English dohtig; related to Old High German toht worth, Middle Dutch duchtich strong, Greek tukhē luck

Doughty

/ (ˈdaʊtɪ) /

noun

Charles Montagu. 1843–1926, English writer and traveller; author of Travels in Arabia Deserta (1888)

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Word Origin and History for doughty

doughty

adj.

Old English dohtig "competent, good, valiant," from dyhtig "strong," related to dugan "to be fit, be able, be strong," and influenced by its past participle, dohte.

All from Proto-Germanic *duhtiz- (cf. Middle High German tühtec, German tüchtig, Middle Dutch duchtich), from PIE *dheugh- "to be fit, be of use, proper" (cf. German Tugend "virtue," Greek teukhein "to make ready," Irish dual "becoming, fit," Russian dužij "strong, robust"). Rare after 17c.; in deliberately archaic or mock-heroic use since c.1800. If it had survived, its modern form would be dighty.