different between dout vs doat

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.

Noun

dout

1. Obsolete spelling of doubt

Etymology 2

Blend of do +? out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.

Verb

dout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

Related terms

• douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German t?t, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Cognate with German tot, Dutch dood, English dead, Icelandic dauður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deu?t/, [d???t]
• Rhymes: -??t
• Homophone: Doud

Adjective

dout (masculine douden, neuter dout, comparative méi dout, superlative am doutsten)

1. dead

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• Doud
• doutlaachen
• doutmaachen
• doutschloen
• douttrëppelen

English

Verb

doat (third-person singular simple present doats, present participle doating, simple past and past participle doated)

1. Obsolete spelling of dote
   • I took any means to get access to you. O speak to me, Sophia! comfort my bleeding heart. Sure no one ever loved, ever doated like me.

Anagrams

• DOTA, DotA, Dota, toad

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French doigt (“finger”) (with modified pronunciation : fr: [dwa] > vo: [do?at]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do?at]

Noun

doat (nominative plural doats)

1. finger

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• döm (dömik)
• fut (futik, futayoin)
• nam (namik, namiko)
• riet (rietik, rietayoin)
• rikül (rikülik)
• tean (teanik, teananuel)