adj
doughty
Doughty (adj) means Brave and determined.
adj
1
Brave and determined.
"Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls."
— Norma Lorre Goodrich, Beowulf (1961)
2
Strong and sturdily built.
3
Wrongly used in place of 'dowdy'.
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Etymology
The adjective is derived from Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ (“competent, good, strong, valiant”), from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg. The English word may be analysed as dought + -y, and is cognate with Scots douchty, douchtie (“bold, valiant”), Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”), German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”), Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”), Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”), Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”). The noun is derived from the adjective.
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What is the meaning of doughty?
"doughty" (adj) means brave and determined.
What is the opposite of doughty?
Opposites of "doughty" include chicken, craven, fearful, cowardly, dastardly.
What are the different meanings of doughty?
"doughty" has 3 main meanings: 1. Brave and determined; 2. Strong and sturdily built; 3. Wrongly used in place of 'dowdy'.
