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DOUGHTY definition: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.
The meaning of DOUGHTY is marked by fearless resolution : valiant. How to use doughty in a sentence. Did you know?
His doughty campaigns for the underprivileged have earned him national respect. Synonyms: intrepid, brave, daring, bold More Synonyms of doughty. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
DOUGHTY meaning: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word doughty. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Origin of Doughty. 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.