# doughty
## English
### Alternative forms

* doubty (obsolete)

### Etymology

The adjective is derived from Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ (“competent, good, strong, valiant”), from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg.
The English word may be analysed as dought +‎ -y, and is cognate with Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”), Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”), German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”), Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”), Scots douchty, douchtie (“bold, valiant”), Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”).
The noun is derived from the adjective.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdaʊti/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈdaʊti/, [-ɾi]
* (Canada, Canadian raising) IPA: [ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi]
* Rhymes: -aʊti

### Adjective

doughty (comparative doughtier or more doughty, superlative doughtiest or most doughty)
* (literary or archaic) Bold; brave, courageous.
    Synonyms: dauntless, fearless, intrepid, resolute, stouthearted, valiant; see also Thesaurus:brave
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
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#### Derived terms

* dought
* doughtily
* doughtiness
* doughty-handed
* undoughty

#### Translations
### Noun

doughty (plural doughties)
* (archaic, rare) A person who is bold or brave.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “doughtī, adj. and n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* 1 2 Compare “doughty, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2018.
* ↑ “doughty, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* dogheti, doghte, doghti, doghuti, doȝti, doȝty, dohty, dohuthi, dohuti, douchti, dougheti, doughety, douȝcti, douȝthi, douȝti, douȝty, douhte, douhti, douhty, dousti, douthi, douti, dowghty, dowȝti, dowȝty, dowsty, dowty, duchti, dughti, duȝte, duȝti, duȝty, duhtie, duthi
* dohti, duhhtiȝ, duhti, duhtiȝ (Early Middle English)

### Etymology

From Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg, *dohtag.
Forms with /u/ (/uː/ through lengthening before /xt/) are likely due to the analogy of douen (early /ˈduɣən/).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈduxtiː/, /ˈduːxtiː/, /ˈdɔxtiː/, /ˈdɔu̯xtiː/

### Adjective

doughty (comparative doughtiere, superlative doughtiest)
* Brave, fearless, doughty; demonstrating valiance.
* Amazing, fine; of high quality or worth.

#### Related terms

* dought
* doughtyly
* doughtynesse

#### Descendants

* English: doughty
* Scots: douchty, douchtie

#### References

* “doughtī, adj & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-11.