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doughty

1

[ dou-tee ]

adjective

, dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.
  1. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

    Synonyms: dauntless, fearless, intrepid, bold, brave



Doughty

2

[ dou-tee ]

noun

  1. Charles Mon·ta·gu [mon, -t, uh, -gyoo], 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.

doughty

1

/ ˈdaʊtɪ /

adjective

  1. hardy; resolute
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Doughty

2

/ ˈdaʊtɪ /

noun

  1. DoughtyCharles Montagu18431926MEnglishWRITING: writerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: traveller Charles Montagu. 1843–1926, English writer and traveller; author of Travels in Arabia Deserta (1888)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdoughtily, adverb
  • ˈdoughtiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • doughti·ly adverb
  • doughti·ness noun
  • un·doughty adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doughty1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English dohtig worthy, equivalent to *doht worth (cognate with Old High German toht; dow, -th 1 ) + -ig -y 1; replacing Old English dyhtig, cognate with German tüchtig
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Word History and Origins

Origin of doughty1

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

He is also the fifth player from the 2008 NHL draft class to hit that milestone, joining Steven Stamkos, Erik Karlsson, Jordan Eberle and Drew Doughty.

True to form, Doughty had spent the previous four days driving around Maui.

And, most likely, neither one of ours is quite like Doughty’s.

Doughty co-owns and operates Clarity Funerals & Cremation in Los Angeles.

Today on the Freakonomics Radio Book Club, we take Doughty back to her roots, with her 2014 debut memoir, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.

As Doughty explains, no one really knows what the rules are when it comes to death.

Caitlin Doughty is certainly not the first person to publish a book about the funeral industry.

I believe an archetype was born in those years, that of the doughty British woman—proud, opinionated, but with a heart of gold.

But Doughty-Wylie was married, and as long as the war occupied them both neither could see a way out.

She fell in love with Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie, a soldier with a record of derring-do with appropriate movie star looks.

At the mention of the doughty Scot I pounded the floor with my crutch and repeated "Dug—dug—dug."

The twain of them were doughty men, and noble in England, and both were very sage and well-beloved by the King.

It was a dismal hour for the proud court of the doughty governor.

If you only knew of all Galeazzo's doughty deeds on the journey!

The men refused this wager of battle, but fortune favored this doughty little cavalier, for presently a great storm arose.

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