doughty

[ dou-tee ]
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adjective,dough·ti·er, dough·ti·est.
  1. steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

Origin of doughty

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English dohtig worthy, equivalent to *doht worth (cognate with Old High German toht;see dow, -th1) + -ig-y1; replacing Old English dyhtig, cognate with German tüchtig

Other words for doughty

Other words from doughty

  • dough·ti·ly, adverb
  • dough·ti·ness, noun
  • un·dough·ty, adjective

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Other definitions for Doughty (2 of 2)

Doughty
[ dou-tee ]

noun
  1. 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
  1. hardy; resolute

Origin of doughty

1
Old English dohtig; related to Old High German toht worth, Middle Dutch duchtich strong, Greek tukhē luck

Derived forms of doughty

  • doughtily, adverb
  • doughtiness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for Doughty (2 of 2)

Doughty

/ (ˈdaʊtɪ) /


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

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