Today's Word "Doughty"
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doughty \DAEW-di or DAW-di\ (adjective) - Stouthearted, (unexpectedly) valiant, courageous, often said of physically small or unassuming people.
"Harry was a doughty little man in dowdy clothes who stood up to the Board and brought more changes to this company than all his predecessors combined."
The Old English form was dyhtig, akin to Old High German *tuhtig and German tuchtig with the same meaning. Not to be confused with dowdy "unattractively dull, old-fashioned," which is pronounced almost identical with "doughty" in most English dialects.
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