English

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.

   The fire she lit was fanned rather than douted. ― Snowden.

Related terms

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəʊ̯t/
• Rhymes: -əʊt
• 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