doughty

[dou-tee]

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adjective, dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.

steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

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

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

Synonyms for doughty

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brave, bold, intrepid, fearless, dauntless.

Doughty

[dou-tee]

noun

Charles Mon·ta·gu

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

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Related Words for doughty

awesome, brave, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, redoubtable, stouthearted, valiant

Examples from the Web for doughty

Contemporary Examples of 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
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
Doughty, too, was England, in its game against Italy, although unfruitfully so.
The Group of Life
Tunku Varadarajan
June 15, 2014
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

Historical Examples of doughty

There was a pen the nibs of which were of ruby, set in gold, made by Doughty.
The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens
Henry Bore
The doughty atheling to high-seat hastened and Hrothgar greeted.
Beowulf
Anonymous
I was grateful to the doughty Mr. Atwood, but just then I should have enjoyed choking him.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine
Joseph C. Lincoln
There was a quality to that smile which was not lost upon the doughty officer.
The Coyote
James Roberts
It was a dismal hour for the proud court of the doughty governor.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
Charles Warren Stoddard

British Dictionary definitions for doughty

doughty

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

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

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.