douth

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 douth

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Virtue; excellence; atheldom; nobility; power; riches. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  2. Alternative form of dought. alt-of,alternative
  3. A group of people, especially an army or retinue. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  4. Reliability; ease; security; shelter. dialectal,uncountable,usually
    — There's no^([sic]) much douth in a wire fence.
形容词 adj.
  1. Snug; comfortable; in easy circumstances. dialectal

词形变化

douths plural more douth comparative most douth superlative douths plural

词源

From Middle English douthe, douth, duweðe (“body of retainers, people, might, dignity, worth”), from Old English duguþ (“manhood, host, multitude, troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *dugunþu, *dugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō (“power, competency, notefulness, virtue”), from *duganą (“to be useful”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to be ready, be sufficient”).
Cognate with North Frisian døgd, døged (“ability, good deed”), Dutch deugd (“virtue”), German Tugend (“virtue”), Swedish dygd (“virtue”), Danish dyd (“virtue”), Icelandic dygð, dyggð (“virtue”). Related to dow, doughty.
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