"doughty" meaning in English

See doughty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdaʊti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdaʊti/ [General-American], [-ɾi] [General-American], [ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi] (note: Canada, Canadian raising) Audio: En-uk-doughty.oga Forms: doughtier [comparative], more doughty [comparative], doughtiest [superlative], most doughty [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊti 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewgʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|doughty|t=brave, bold, valiant}} Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), {{inh|en|ang|dohtiġ}} Old English dohtiġ, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*duhtīg}} Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg, {{suffix|en|dought|y}} dought + -y, {{cog|da|dygtig|t=virtuous, proficient}} Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”), {{cog|nl|duchtig|t=severe, strict}} Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”), {{cog|de|tüchtig|t=capable, competent, efficient; big; hard}} German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”), {{cog|is|dygðugur|t=virtuous, stable}} Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”), {{cog|sco|douchty}} Scots douchty, {{cog|sv|duktig|t=efficient; good; capable, clever, smart}} Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} doughty (comparative doughtier or more doughty, superlative doughtiest or most doughty)
  1. (dated or archaic) Bold; brave, courageous. Tags: archaic Synonyms: dauntless, fearless, intrepid, resolute, stouthearted, valiant, brave Derived forms: dought, doughtily, doughtiness, doughty-handed Translations (bold; brave, courageous — see also brave): смел (smel) (Bulgarian), реши́телен (rešítelen) (Bulgarian), dapper (Dutch), coraggioso (Italian), intrepido (Italian), indomito (Italian), baldo (Italian), temerario (Italian), ardito (Italian), doughty (Middle English), قوچاق (koçak) (Ottoman Turkish), сме́лый (smélyj) (Russian), хра́брый (xrábryj) (Russian), отва́жный (otvážnyj) (Russian), до́блестный (dóblestnyj) (Russian), реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (english: resolute) (Russian), cesur (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-doughty-en-adj-C9-CMUwW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 97 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 60 5 20 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 63 2 26 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 2 27 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doubty [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈdaʊti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdaʊti/ [General-American], [-ɾi] [General-American], [ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi] (note: Canada, Canadian raising) Audio: En-uk-doughty.oga Forms: doughties [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊti 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewgʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|doughty|t=brave, bold, valiant}} Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), {{inh|en|ang|dohtiġ}} Old English dohtiġ, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*duhtīg}} Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg, {{suffix|en|dought|y}} dought + -y, {{cog|da|dygtig|t=virtuous, proficient}} Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”), {{cog|nl|duchtig|t=severe, strict}} Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”), {{cog|de|tüchtig|t=capable, competent, efficient; big; hard}} German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”), {{cog|is|dygðugur|t=virtuous, stable}} Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”), {{cog|sco|douchty}} Scots douchty, {{cog|sv|duktig|t=efficient; good; capable, clever, smart}} Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} doughty (plural doughties)
  1. (archaic, rare) A person who is bold or brave. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-doughty-en-noun-AHg7mmbt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: doubty [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰewgʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "doughty",
        "t": "brave, bold, valiant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dohtiġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dohtiġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*duhtīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dought",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "dought + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "dygtig",
        "t": "virtuous, proficient"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "duchtig",
        "t": "severe, strict"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tüchtig",
        "t": "capable, competent, efficient; big; hard"
      },
      "expansion": "German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "dygðugur",
        "t": "virtuous, stable"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "douchty"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots douchty",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "duktig",
        "t": "efficient; good; capable, clever, smart"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nThe 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”).\nThe noun is derived from the adjective.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "doughtier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more doughty",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doughtiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most doughty",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "doughty (comparative doughtier or more doughty, superlative doughtiest or most doughty)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cowardly"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 5 20 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 2 26 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 2 27 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Middle English translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dought"
        },
        {
          "word": "doughtily"
        },
        {
          "word": "doughtiness"
        },
        {
          "word": "doughty-handed"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “‘Tennessee Williams,’ by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, page 13]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-21:",
          "text": "[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bold; brave, courageous."
      ],
      "id": "en-doughty-en-adj-C9-CMUwW",
      "links": [
        [
          "Bold",
          "bold#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "brave",
          "brave#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or archaic) Bold; brave, courageous."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dauntless"
        },
        {
          "word": "fearless"
        },
        {
          "word": "intrepid"
        },
        {
          "word": "resolute"
        },
        {
          "word": "stouthearted"
        },
        {
          "word": "valiant"
        },
        {
          "word": "brave"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "smel",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "смел"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rešítelen",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "реши́телен"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "dapper"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "coraggioso"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "intrepido"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "indomito"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "baldo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "temerario"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "ardito"
        },
        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "doughty"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "koçak",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "قوچاق"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smélyj",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "сме́лый"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xrábryj",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "хра́брый"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otvážnyj",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "отва́жный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dóblestnyj",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "до́блестный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "resolute",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rešítelʹnyj",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "реши́тельный"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
          "word": "cesur"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-doughty.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga/En-uk-doughty.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾi]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi]",
      "note": "Canada, Canadian raising"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊti"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "doubty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doughty"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰewgʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "doughty",
        "t": "brave, bold, valiant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dohtiġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dohtiġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*duhtīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dought",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "dought + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "dygtig",
        "t": "virtuous, proficient"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "duchtig",
        "t": "severe, strict"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tüchtig",
        "t": "capable, competent, efficient; big; hard"
      },
      "expansion": "German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "dygðugur",
        "t": "virtuous, stable"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "douchty"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots douchty",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "duktig",
        "t": "efficient; good; capable, clever, smart"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nThe 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”).\nThe noun is derived from the adjective.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "doughties",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "doughty (plural doughties)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is bold or brave."
      ],
      "id": "en-doughty-en-noun-AHg7mmbt",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "bold",
          "bold#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "brave",
          "brave#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, rare) A person who is bold or brave."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-doughty.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga/En-uk-doughty.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾi]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi]",
      "note": "Canada, Canadian raising"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊti"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "doubty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doughty"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊti",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊti/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "enm:Emotions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dought"
    },
    {
      "word": "doughtily"
    },
    {
      "word": "doughtiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "doughty-handed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰewgʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "doughty",
        "t": "brave, bold, valiant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dohtiġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dohtiġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*duhtīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dought",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "dought + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "dygtig",
        "t": "virtuous, proficient"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "duchtig",
        "t": "severe, strict"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tüchtig",
        "t": "capable, competent, efficient; big; hard"
      },
      "expansion": "German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "dygðugur",
        "t": "virtuous, stable"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "douchty"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots douchty",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "duktig",
        "t": "efficient; good; capable, clever, smart"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nThe 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”).\nThe noun is derived from the adjective.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "doughtier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more doughty",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doughtiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most doughty",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er",
        "2": "more"
      },
      "expansion": "doughty (comparative doughtier or more doughty, superlative doughtiest or most doughty)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cowardly"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “‘Tennessee Williams,’ by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, page 13]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-21:",
          "text": "[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bold; brave, courageous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Bold",
          "bold#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "brave",
          "brave#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated or archaic) Bold; brave, courageous."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dauntless"
        },
        {
          "word": "fearless"
        },
        {
          "word": "intrepid"
        },
        {
          "word": "resolute"
        },
        {
          "word": "stouthearted"
        },
        {
          "word": "valiant"
        },
        {
          "word": "brave"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-doughty.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga/En-uk-doughty.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾi]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi]",
      "note": "Canada, Canadian raising"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊti"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "doubty"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smel",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "смел"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rešítelen",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "реши́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "dapper"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "coraggioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "intrepido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "indomito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "baldo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "temerario"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "ardito"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "doughty"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "koçak",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "قوچاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smélyj",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "сме́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xrábryj",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "хра́брый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvážnyj",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "отва́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dóblestnyj",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "до́блестный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "resolute",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rešítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "реши́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bold; brave, courageous — see also brave",
      "word": "cesur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doughty"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊti",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊti/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "enm:Emotions"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰewgʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "doughty",
        "t": "brave, bold, valiant"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "dohtiġ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English dohtiġ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*duhtīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dought",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "dought + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "dygtig",
        "t": "virtuous, proficient"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish dygtig (“virtuous, proficient”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "duchtig",
        "t": "severe, strict"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch duchtig (“severe, strict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tüchtig",
        "t": "capable, competent, efficient; big; hard"
      },
      "expansion": "German tüchtig (“capable, competent, efficient; big; hard”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "dygðugur",
        "t": "virtuous, stable"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic dygðugur (“virtuous, stable”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "douchty"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots douchty",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "duktig",
        "t": "efficient; good; capable, clever, smart"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish duktig (“efficient; good; capable, clever, smart”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.\nThe 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”).\nThe noun is derived from the adjective.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "doughties",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "doughty (plural doughties)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is bold or brave."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "bold",
          "bold#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "brave",
          "brave#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, rare) A person who is bold or brave."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-uk-doughty.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga/En-uk-doughty.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-uk-doughty.oga"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdaʊti/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɾi]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdʌʊ̯ɾi]",
      "note": "Canada, Canadian raising"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊti"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "doubty"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doughty"
}

Download raw JSONL data for doughty meaning in English (12.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.