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Doughty

//ˈdaʊti//

Definitions

adjdoughtier · more doughty · doughtiest · most doughty

1
Bold; brave, courageous.
Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.
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noundoughties

1
A person who is bold or brave.

nameDoughtys

1
A surname transferred from the nickname.

Word Origin

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 ...

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