dout
See also: dö ut
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aʊt
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.
Noun edit
dout
Etymology 2 edit
Blend of do + 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.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 86, column 1:
- Mount them, and make inciſion in their Hides, / That their hot blood may ſpin in Engliſh eyes, / And doubt them with ſuperfluous courage : ha.
- 1893, J. Keighley Snowden, “The Angel Barmaid”, in Tales of the Yorkshire Worlds, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, page 136:
- The fire she lit in every breast was fanned rather than douted by the rumour presently puffed abroad that she was the recipient of letters addressed in a man’s handwriting.
Related terms edit
- douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech dúti, from Proto-Slavic *duti. Doublet of dmout.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dout impf
Conjugation edit
Conjugation
| Infinitive | dout, douti | Active adjective | dující |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal noun | — | Passive adjective | — |
| Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | duji, duju (coll.) |
dujeme | — | dujme |
| 2nd person | duješ | dujete | duj | dujte |
| 3rd person | duje | dují, dujou (coll.) |
— | — |
| Participles | Past participles | Passive participles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| masculine animate | dul | duli | — | — |
| masculine inanimate | duly | — | ||
| feminine | dula | — | ||
| neuter | dulo | dula | — | — |
| Transgressives | present | past |
|---|---|---|
| masculine singular | duje | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | dujíc | — |
| plural | dujíce | — |
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Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German *dōd (attested in inflections), northern variant of tōt, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Cognate with German tot, Dutch dood, English dead, Icelandic dauður.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dout (masculine douden, neuter dout, comparative méi dout, superlative am doutsten)
Declension edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.