Dought Definition
Virility, manly power or strength; excellence.
(dialect) Alternative past tense form of dow.
Other Word Forms of Dought
Noun
Origin of Dought
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From Middle English duȝethe, duhethe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worth”), from Old English duguþ (“manhood, host, multitude, troops”), from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō, *dugunþiz (“power, competency, notefulness”), from *duganą (“to be useful”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheughe- (“to be ready, be sufficient”). Cognate with Old Frisian duged (“power”), Old High German tugad, tugund (“virtue”), German Tugend, Swedish dygd. Related to dow, doughty.
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From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).
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