Word of the day: doughty

[StarSong]

doughty - adjective (pronounced doubt-ee)
steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.

The doughty third grader intervened, helping turn aside those who were bullying her friend.

 

[Jules]

Doughty is a word I would have misinterpreted if not reading it in a clear context. Maybe that’s because it look like doughy. Thanks for the lesson, @StarSong.

 

[StarSong]

Doughty is a word I would have misinterpreted if not reading it in a clear context. Maybe that’s because it look like doughy. Thanks for the lesson, @StarSong.

Same for me, Jules. Especially if I heard it rather than saw it. Pronounced "doubt-y", I'd think it meant doubtful.

 

[ohioboy]

I doubty I am doughty.

 

[Ruthanne]

I've never heard the word doughty but when I glanced at the word I thought of donuts.

 

[hollydolly]

First time for me hearing this word... I doubty I would have thought of using it in anything

 

[Kaila]

Doubtless that we'd all want to give a silly try at using this donutty-sounding word,

instead of the actual meaning for doughty,


which we do thank @StarSong for teaching us about it!

It was doughty of you, to post it, Starsong!

 

[Paco Dennis]

Doughty “steadfastly courageous,” despite spelling and pronunciation, is not related to doubt, doughy, or dowdy. Instead, it comes from Old English dohtig “worthy,” which is equivalent to modern English dow “to be able” or “to thrive, prosper” plus two suffixes: -th, which indicates a noun of action (as in birth) or quality (as in warmth), and -y “characterized by, inclined to” (as in dreamy and juicy). In this way, doughty literally translates from Old English as “worthiness-y,” which is an awkward mouthful. Doughty was first recorded in English before 1000 a.d.

https://forreadingaddicts.co.uk/word-of-the-day/word-of-the-day-doughty-2/

 

[Mizmo]

She entered the competition with a doughty approach.