dought
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: dout, IPA(key): /daʊt/
- Rhymes: -aʊt
Etymology 1
From Middle English duȝethe, duhethe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worth”), from Old English duguþ (“manhood, host, multitude, troops”), from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō (“power, competency, notefulness”), from Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to be ready, be sufficient; be strong; have force”). Cognate with Old Frisian duged (“power”), Old High German tugad, tugund (“virtue”), German Tugend, Swedish dygd. Related to dow, doughty.
Noun
dought (usually uncountable, plural doughts)
Etymology 2
From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).
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