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dought

/daʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
dought
IPA
/daʊt/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Power, strength, ability.

Uncountable

verb

alternative past of dow

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: doghte, dohte

Usage

Inflected Forms

doughts (plural)

Homonyms

doubt

Rhymes With

about out take out without set about term out throughout doubt peter out route fill out knock about

Questions

How do you pronounce dought?
The recorded pronunciation is /daʊt/.
What does dought mean?
Power, strength, ability.
Where does dought come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce dought

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