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There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word doughty. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
doughty. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dough‧ty /ˈdaʊti/ adjective [only before noun] literary brave and determined Examples from the Corpus doughty • Suffer the evil to come unto me, said doughty Alice. • In committee she was a doughty and sometimes intimidating fighter.
But the pronunciation and definition of each word is quite different: Doughty (DOW tee) means physically fit, or brave or valiant; while doughy (DOE ee) means soft, pasty, or flabby — like soft dough. Still not sure how to pronounce doughty? Here's a mnemonic: Don't doubt me, I'm doughty!
DOUGHTY definition: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.
doughty. (daʊti ) Word forms: doughtier, doughtiest. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe someone as a doughty fighter, you mean they are brave, determined, and not easily defeated. [old-fashioned, approval] His doughty campaigns for the underprivileged have earned him national respect.
If you describe someone as a doughty fighter, you mean they are brave, determined, and not easily defeated.
DOUGHTY meaning: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.