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dought¹

  • /daʊt/

Sounds like doubt · Rhymes with -aʊt

Where it comes from

A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.

noun doughts

  1. Northern England, Scotland, uncountable, usually Power, strength, ability.

dought²

  • /daʊt/

Sounds like doubt · Rhymes with -aʊt

Where it comes from

From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).

verb

  1. alternative, dialectal, past alternative past of dow

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"dought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dought. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dought. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dought

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"dought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dought.

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@misc{dought_2026,
  title = {dought},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dought},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}