dought
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.
Noun[edit]
dought (usually uncountable, plural doughts)
References[edit]
- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 136
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).
Verb[edit]
dought
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apocopic form of doughty.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dought (rare)
References[edit]
- “dought, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-11.
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