Crossword clues for doughty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doughty \Dough"ty\ (dou"t[y^]), a. [Compar. Doughtier (dou"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Doughtiest.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS. dyhtig; akin to G. t["u]chtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. dygdig virtuous, and fr. AS. dugan to avail, be of use, be strong, akin to D. deugen, OHG. tugan, G. taugen, Icel. & Sw. duga, Dan. due, Goth. dugan, but of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. duh to milk, give milk, draw out, or Gr. ty`chh fortune. [root]68.] Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.
Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain.
--Chaucer.
Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their
hearts, buffet each other from generation to
generation.
--Motley.
Note: Now seldom used, except in irony or burlesque.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English dohtig "competent, good, valiant," from dyhtig "strong," related to dugan "to be fit, be able, be strong," and influenced by its past participle, dohte.\n
\nAll from Proto-Germanic *duhtiz- (cognates: Middle High German tühtec, German tüchtig, Middle Dutch duchtich), from PIE *dheugh- "to be fit, be of use, proper" (cognates: German Tugend "virtue," Greek teukhein "to make ready," Irish dual "becoming, fit," Russian dužij "strong, robust"). Rare after 17c.; in deliberately archaic or mock-heroic use since c.1800. If it had survived, its modern form would be dighty.
Wiktionary
a. 1 brave; bold; courageous; valiant; intrepid; stouthearted; fearless. 2 hardy; strenuous; dauntless; resolute.
WordNet
[also: doughtiest, doughtier]
Wikipedia
Doughty is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Al Doughty (born 1966), musician and bassist
- Andrew Doughty (1916–2013), British anaesthetist
- Anthony Doughty (20th century), British musician
- Arthur Doughty (1860-1936), Canadian civil servant
- C.N. Doughty (1867-1915), American artist (Joseph John Englehart)
- Cecil Langley Doughty (1913-1985), British comics artist and illustrator
- Charles Doughty (UK politician) (1902-1973), British Conservative Party politician
- Charles Montagu Doughty (1843-1926), English poet, writer, and traveller
- David Doughty, (born 1937), English cricketer
- Drew Doughty (born 1989), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Glenn Doughty (born 1951), professional American football player
- Jack Doughty (1865-1937), Welsh footballer
- Joseph Doughty (1754-1826), American militia general
- Kenny Doughty (born 1975), British actor
- Louise Doughty (born 1963), English novelist, playwright and journalist
- Matt Doughty (born 1981), English footballer
- Michael Doughty (Australian footballer) (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
- Mike Doughty (born 1970), American singer and songwriter
- Neal Doughty (born 1946), keyboard player
- Nigel Doughty (born 1957), chairman of Doughty Hanson & Co
- Patrick K. Doughty (21st century), American sports announcer
- Phil Doughty (born 1986), English professional footballer
- Reed Doughty (born 1982), current American football strong safety
- Roger Doughty (1868-1914), Welsh footballer
- Sue Doughty (born 1948), politician
- Thomas Doughty (artist) (1793-1856), American artist
- Thomas Doughty (explorer) (died 1578), English nobleman, soldier, and scholar
- William Doughty (naval architect), United States naval architect
- William Doughty (painter), British painter
Usage examples of "doughty".
Shorn rhinos, giant squirrels, dementia horrors, great cats, doughty dwarfs, and enormous serpents all made their way toward a distant foe.
And with the doughty viking, His twelve best champions start, And in the air sharp striking, They brandish sword and dart.
Bearing dwellings, and they gave us of their folk eight doughty women and two light-foot lads, and so we were twenty and one in all.
The Jews and Metics proved doughty allies, marshaled soldiers of their own and turned all their small metal shops and foundries into armaments factories.
Abdullah de Baza, for not only was the man a proven and doughty warrior, a born leader of men, and a pious Christian of well-proven loyalties, but he had had the invaluable experience of large-scale slaving on the Rio Kongo, was levelheaded, and rational, and possessed a turn of mind that had allowed him to turn disadvantages into very distinct advantages in both military and business senses, over the years of his life in the New World.
You are aware of the reasons, the many, why a courageous young woman requires of high heaven, far more than the commendably timid, a doughty husband.
And, shortly of this story for to treat, So doughty was her husband and eke she, That they conquered many regnes great In th'Orient, with many a fair city Appertinent unto the majesty Of Rome, and with strong hande held them fast, Nor ever might their foemen do* them flee, *make Aye while that Odenatus' dayes last'.
For whylome he had bene a doughty Knight,As any one, that liued in his daies,And proued oft in many perillous fight,Of which he grace and glory wonne alwaies,And in all battels bore away the baies.
Enformed whan the kyng was of that knyght, And hath conceyved in his wit aright The manere and the forme of al this thyng, Thus glad and blithe this noble doughty kyng Repeireth to his revel as biforn, The brydel is unto the tour yborn, And kept among hise jueles, leeve and deere.
It must have enraged the doughty Captain, lying thus helpless, to see his enemies triumph, the most factious of the disturbers in the colony in charge of affairs, and become his accusers.
But they always parted with an increased regard for one another, and each desired no doughtier comrade when it was necessary to voyage for a little past the emotions.
Tell me, hast thou ever seen any fairer or doughtier than this youngling?
But they always parted with an increased regard for one another, and each desired no doughtier comrade when it was necessary to voyage for a little past the emotions.
He had ceased to rehearse the speech a doughtier Baird would now have been hearing.
He is, in very truth, the doughtiest champion in all this fair country, matchless at any and every weapon, ahorse or a-foot, in sooth a very Ajax, Achilles, Hector, Roland and Oliver together and at once, one and indivisible, aye--by Cupid a very paladin!