dought

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dout, IPA^(key): /daʊt/
• Rhymes: -aʊt

Etymology 1

A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.

Noun

dought (usually uncountable, plural doughts)

1. (Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) might, strength

References

• Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 136

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English doghte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).

Verb

dought

1. (dialect) alternative past of dow

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Middle English

Adjective

dought

1. Alternative form of douȝt