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.

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