dought
/daʊt/
dought noun: power, strength, ability. Also the alternative past of dow.
Noun
dought (usually uncountable, plural doughts)
Also used as
dought is also the alternative past of dow.
Forms of dought
| plural | doughts |
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Origin of dought
A back-formation from doughty (compare Scots doucht, from douchty). Related to dow.
From Middle English doghte, from Old English dohte (first and third person singular past tense of dugan (“to avail, be useful”)).
Words that rhyme with dought
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- set about
- shout
- sprout
- doubt
- umlaut
- fill out
- grout
- pout
- devout
- drought
- gout
- nowt
- redoubt
- throughout
- without
- ablaut
- dout
- flout
- lout
- mahout
- misdoubt
- mought
- prone out
- strout
- term out
- trout
- zoom out
- 'bout
- anlaut
- aspout
- asprout
- bluff out
- chout
- knout
- kraut
- layabout
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- owt
- peter out
- regrout
- sout
- when in doubt, do nowt
Questions about dought
- What does dought mean?
- Dought means power, strength, ability.
- What part of speech is dought?
- Dought is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dought?
- Dought is pronounced /daʊt/.
- What is the plural of dought?
- The plural of dought is doughts.
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