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Apr 29, 2016

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Words to describe people

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truculent
unctuous
irresolute
veracious
doughty

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Words that appear misspelled

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

doughty

PRONUNCIATION:

(DAU-tee)

MEANING:

adjective: Brave; courageous; determined.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English dohtig (worthy). Earliest documented use: 1030.

USAGE:

“Alex Gordon was also a doughty fighter for the underdog.”
The Herald (Glasgow, UK); Mar 12, 2016.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Science is built with facts as a house is with stones, but a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. -Jules Henri Poincaré, mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (29 Apr 1854-1912)

To which presidential candidate do you think this word applies the best?

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