dought

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: dout, IPA(key): /daʊt/ Rhymes: -aʊt Homophone: doubt === Etymology 1 === A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow. ==== Noun ==== dought (usually uncountable, plural doughts) (Scotland, Northern England, obsolete except in derivatives) Power, strength, ability. ==== References ==== Wright, Joseph (1898), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 136 === Etymology 2 === From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)). ==== Verb ==== dought (dialect) alternative past of dow == Middle English == === Alternative forms === douȝt, duȝt, dughth === Etymology === Apocopic form of doughty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /duxt/, /duːxt/ === Adjective === dought (rare) doughty ==== References ==== “dought, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 June 2019.