Dought

Pronunciation

• enPR: dout, IPA: /daÊŠt/
• Rhymes: -aÊŠt

Alternative forms

• douth

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.

Full definition of dought

Noun

1. manhood, virtue
2. the age of manhood, maturity
3. virility, manly power or strength; excellence
4. collectively men, people
5. a company, army, retinue

From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte.

Verb

1. (dialect) Form of alternative past tense form