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Word of the Day for Friday, July 3, 2009doughty \DOW-tee\, adjective: Marked by fearless resolution; valiant; brave. He was obsessed with the Arctic, his imagination stoked by epic accounts of the doughty pioneers who had led wooden ships into uncharted waters and northern mists. One day he stumbled, fell against the spinning saw and half severed his left arm. It was three days before a doctor came, but the doughty old Swede was still alive. Doughty comes from Old English dohtig, "brave, valiant, fit." | |||||||||
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