dout
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.
Noun [edit]
dout
- Obsolete spelling of doubt.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Blend of do and out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.
Verb [edit]
dout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
- The fire she lit was fanned rather than douted. ― Snowden.
Related terms [edit]
- douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke.
Luxembourgish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
dout
