doughty

doughty
[11] Doughty originally had the rather general sense ‘worthy, virtuous’ – ‘brave’ is a secondary specialization. It comes from late Old English dohtig, an unexplained variant of an earlier Old English dyhtig, which appears to have derived ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *duhtiz ‘ability, capacity’. This in turn came from a verb *dugan ‘be able or strong’, which itself came into Old English and survived dialectally until the 19th century as dow ‘be able to do something’ or ‘thrive’.

The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins. 2013.

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  • Doughty — is a surname, and may refer to: Al Doughty (born 1966), musician and bassist Andrew Doughty (born 1916), leading anesthetist Anthony Doughty (20th century), British musician Arthur Doughty (1860 1936), Canadian civil servant C.N. Doughty (1867… …   Wikipedia

  • Doughty — ist der Name folgender Personen: Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), englischer Schriftsteller und Forschungsreisender Drew Doughty (* 1989), kanadischer Eishockeyverteidiger John Doughty (1754–1826), US amerikanischer General Mike Doughty (*… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Doughty — Dough ty (dou t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Doughtier} (dou t[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Doughtiest}.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS. dyhtig; akin to G. t[ u]chtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. dygdig virtuous, and fr. AS. dugan to avail, be of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Doughty —   [ daʊtɪ], Thomas, amerikanischer Maler, * Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 19. 7. 1793, ✝ New York 22. 7. 1856; Autodidakt. Seine schlichten, idyllischen Landschaftsbilder zeichnen sich durch weiches Kolorit aus. Doughty war Mitbegründer der Hudson… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Doughty — (spr. dautĭ), Charles Montagu, engl. Arabienreisender, geb. 19. Aug. 1843 in Theberton Hall (Suffolk), studierte in Cambridge Naturwissenschaften und bereiste 2 Jahre lang Mittel und Nordarabien. Er schrieb: »Travels in Arabia deserta« (Cambridge …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Doughty — (spr. dautĭ), Charles Montagu, Forschungsreisender, geb. 19. Aug. 1843 in Theberton Hall (Suffolk), entdeckte auf seiner zweijährigen Reise in Mittel und Nordarabien viele Inschriften und Denkmäler; schrieb: »Travels in Arabia deserta« (1888) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • doughty — index heroic, indomitable, spartan, undaunted Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • doughty — (adj.) O.E. dohtig competent, good, valiant, from dyhtig strong, related to dugan to be fit, be able, be strong, and influenced by its p.p., dohte. All from P.Gmc. *duhtiz (Cf. M.H.G. tühtec, Ger. tüchtig, M.Du. duchtich), from PIE *dheugh to be… …   Etymology dictionary

  • doughty — *brave, courageous, unafraid, fearless, intrepid, valiant, valorous, dauntless, undaunted, bold, audacious Analogous words: venturesome, *adventurous, daring …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • doughty — ► ADJECTIVE (doughtier, doughtiest) archaic or humorous ▪ brave and resolute. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • Doughty — [dout′ē] C(harles) M(ontagu) 1843 1926; Eng. travel writer & poet …   English World dictionary

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