dought

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/daʊt/

noun

Power, strength, ability.

OriginMiddle English doghte ← Old English dohte →
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Meanings

dought1

noundought (usually uncountable, plural doughts)

plural doughts

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanduncountableusuallyobsolete except in derivativesPower, strength, ability.

dought2

verb
  1. alternativedialectalpastalternative past of dow

Origin

dought · noun

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

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dought · verb

  1. Old Englishdohte
  2. Middle Englishdoghte
  3. Englishdought

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dought

aboutoutwithoutthroughoutroutedoubtscoutshoutdroughtbouttoutstoutspoutgoutcloutgroutsproutdevoutroutpoutrerouteloutumlautstrout
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Sounds the same

doubtdoubt
Cite this entry
APA

dought. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dought

MLA

“dought.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dought. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dought,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dought.

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