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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Marked by stouthearted courage; brave.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Strong; brave; spirited; valiant; powerful: as, a doughty hero.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Brave; bold; courageous; valiant; intrepid; stouthearted; fearless.
  2. adj. Hardy; strenuous; dauntless; resolute.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable.

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English doughty, from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ ("good, competent, valiant, doughty, strong"), from Proto-Germanic *duhtiz (“note, usefulness”) + Proto-Germanic *-igaz (suffix), equivalent to dought +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots douchty, douchtie ("bold, valiant"), Dutch duchtig ("severe, strict"), German tüchtig ("efficient, capable, hard, competent, big"), Danish dygtig ("virtuous, proficient"), Swedish duktig ("good, efficient, clever, capable, smart"), Icelandic dygðugur ("virtuous, stable"), Russian дюжий ("sturdy"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old English dohtig. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ruzuzu I'm with jennarenn. Sep 9, 2010

  • milosrdenstvi DUKE. When, to evade Destruction's hand,
    To hide they all proceeded,
    No soldier in that gallant band
    Hid half as well as he did.
    He lay concealed throughout the war,
    And so preserved his gore, O!
    That unaffected,
    Undetected,
    Well-connected
    Warrior,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

    ALL. In every doughty deed, ha, ha!
    He always took the lead, ha, ha!
    That unaffected,
    Undetected,
    Well-connected
    Warrior,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!

    -W.S. Gilbert, The Gondoliers Aug 20, 2008

  • ofravens A hundred heralds she sent out
    To summon in her sight all doughty men

    from "The Queen's Complaint," Sylvia Plath Apr 14, 2008

  • jennarenn I always want it to rhyme with sought. No reason. Jan 31, 2007

  • brtom "By heaven, Theodore Purefoy, thou hast done a doughty deed and no botch!"
    Joyce, Ulysses, 14 Jan 27, 2007

  • fbharjo doughty in the sense of brave holding together Dec 27, 2006

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