dought

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dout, IPA^(key): /daʊt/
• Rhymes: -aʊt
• Homophone: doubt

Etymology 1

A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.

Noun

dought (usually uncountable, plural doughts)

1. (Scotland, Northern England, obsolete except in derivatives) Power, strength, ability.

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

1. (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)

1. doughty

References

• “dought, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 June 2019.