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doughty
/ˈdaʊti/
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What does doughty mean?
adjective
- Catachresis for dowdy.
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- (archaic, literary) Bold; brave, courageous.
- (archaic, literary) Robust, sturdy; strong and perhaps stout.
noun
- (archaic, rare) A person who is bold or brave.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdaʊti/
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Skilled archers became famous all over the land, and many were their doughty deeds with the long bow.
There was not much armour of defence amongst them, but they were one and all stark carles and doughty.
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And it is not long sithen, that a knight of Rhodes, that was hardy and doughty in arms, said that he would kiss her.
Although my resolution was abandoned, this may be the best place to record the efforts of more doughty souls to carry out Tolstoy's conclusions.
I had not the slightest doubt but that they would preserve so doughty a warrior as the great Thark for the rare sport he would furnish at the Great Games.