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[ dou-tee ]
/ ˈdaʊ ti /
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adjective, dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.

steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. doughface,
  2. doughfoot,
  3. doughnut,
  4. doughnut hole,
  5. dought,
  6. doughty, charles montagu,
  7. doughy,
  8. douglas,
  9. douglas bag,
  10. douglas cul-de-sac

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

Definition for doughty (2 of 2)

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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British Dictionary definitions for doughty (1 of 2)

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

British Dictionary definitions for doughty (2 of 2)

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.

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