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- The homophonous dowdy (“having a dull or uninteresting appearance”) can also be a source of confusion; an easy way to remember the difference is that you can’t spell doughty without the letters in tough (“physically and emotionally strong”).
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What does the word doughty mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word doughty . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
The meaning of DOUGHTY is marked by fearless resolution : valiant. How to use doughty in a sentence. Did you know?
(a.) Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion. Example Sentences: (1) Report of a patient who discharged water and doughy stools since birth.
DOUGHTY definition: 1. determined, brave, and unwilling ever to stop trying to achieve something: 2. determined…. Learn more.
Someone who's doughty is brave and determined, like a doughty knight who fearlessly rides off to slay a terrifying giant. At first glance, you might confuse doughty with doughy, but the two words are quite different in meaning. Doughy things are soft and squishy, like unbaked bread.
How do you pronounce it? At first glance, the adjective doughty might be confused with doughy. 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.
Doughty preached in Virginia and Maryland in 1650-1659, and was the father of British Presbyterianism in the Middle Colonies. They were first discovered by Charles Doughty in 1876-1877, who was followed between 1880 and 1884 by Huber and Euting, to whom a complete collection of these records is due.
