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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dou-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaʊ ti


Definition of doughty

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj bold
Example sentences :
  • There was a pen the nibs of which were of ruby, set in gold, made by Doughty.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • The doughty atheling to high-seat hastened and Hrothgar greeted.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • I was grateful to the doughty Mr. Atwood, but just then I should have enjoyed choking him.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • There was a quality to that smile which was not lost upon the doughty officer.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • It was a dismal hour for the proud court of the doughty governor.
  • Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
  • If you only knew of all Galeazzo's doughty deeds on the journey!
  • Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • The dear drink-vat; the doughty have sought to else-whither.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • That doughty leader retreated to the shelter of the shadows.
  • Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
  • Hats off to the doughty Silas Talbot for this brave adventure!
  • Extract from : « Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea » by Charles H. L. Johnston
  • And all men rejoiced at the coming of this doughty man and the friend of the King.
  • Extract from : « Child Christopher » by William Morris

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