dought
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.