DOUGHTY Meaning of DOUGHTY in English [ 'daʊti ]■ adjective ( doughtier , doughtiest ) brave and resolute.Derivativesdoughtily adverbdoughtiness noun OriginOE dohtig , var. of dyhtig , of Gmc origin. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004