doughtinessn.
/ˈdaʊtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdaʊdinᵻs/ The quality, character, or state of being doughty; valour, boldness, might, strength.
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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [noun]
doughtinessc1175
stalworthhead1297
stalworthnessa1340
stalworthinessa1387
doughtiheada1400
stoutess1422
stoutness1508
dought1731
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17582 Sawle onn foþ att godess hannd All hire duhhtiȝnesse.
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 488 Þe priis of heþen lond Þou hast þurch douhtines of hond Wonne.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3197 (MED) Of þe doȝtynisse of þilke men ech man ys a-wondred.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 151 (MED) Of mayn and of myght I master every man; I dynge with my dowtynes þe devyl down to helle.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. AAAiiiiv A discrete doughtynes or a spirituall audacite..to speke or to do.
1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 476 Alexander..was iustely intituled valiaunt, for his doughtinesse in fighting.
1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie 172 The Cicilians..drag'd their Ensigns..whereas heretofore they superbiously displayed them in the ayre with doughtiness.
1864 Rose, Shamrock, & Thistle Nov. 75 His interminable tales, chiefly concerning the power and doughtiness of his ancestors, varied by his own exploits.
1886 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 341 Our difficulties..to test our doughtiness.
1937 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 343 The royal Prussian reserve officer..knew of no higher aim than to emulate his aristocratic model in dash and doughtiness.
2006 Financial Times 16 May 14/2 Kulasekera, who had only twice before passed 50.., battled splendidly, combining doughtiness with occasional aggression.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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