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)
- (Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) might, strength
References
- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 136
Etymology 2
From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).
Verb
dought
- (dialect) alternative past of dow
Middle English
Alternative forms
- douȝt, duȝt, dughth
Etymology
Apocopic form of doughty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duxt/, /duːxt/
Adjective
dought (rare)
- doughty
References
- “dought, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-11.