Definitions
Bold; brave, courageous.
Word origin
The adjective is derived from Middle English doughty (“brave, bold, valiant”), from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ (“competent, good, strong, valiant”), from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg.
Used in a sentence
“Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Brave and determined”7 letters
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