redoubtable
41Constantinople — • Capital, formerly of the Byzantine, now of the Ottoman, Empire (As of 1908, when the article was written.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Constantinople Constantinople …
42formidable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. appalling, tremendous; arduous, Herculean. See fear, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inspiring fear or apprehension] Syn. fearful, forbidding, intimidating, impregnable; see dangerous 1 , 2 …
43doubt — [13] English acquired the verb doubt from Old French doter or duter, a descendant of Latin dubitāre ‘waver, be uncertain’ (the b was reintroduced from the Latin spelling in the 15th century). Dubitāre was closely related to Latin dubius… …
44redoubt — [17] Redoubt ‘stronghold’ has no etymological connection with doubt (although redoubtable [14] does – it derives from the French ancestor of doubt, which originally meant ‘fear’, and so historically denotes ‘to be feared’). It was borrowed from… …
45doubt — [13] English acquired the verb doubt from Old French doter or duter, a descendant of Latin dubitāre ‘waver, be uncertain’ (the b was reintroduced from the Latin spelling in the 15th century). Dubitāre was closely related to Latin dubius… …
46redoubt — [17] Redoubt ‘stronghold’ has no etymological connection with doubt (although redoubtable [14] does – it derives from the French ancestor of doubt, which originally meant ‘fear’, and so historically denotes ‘to be feared’). It was borrowed from… …
47unnerving — adjective inspiring fear the formidable prospect of major surgery a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel clicking, jackbooted fanatic G.H.Johnston something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall • Syn: ↑formidable,… …
48re·doubt·able — /rıˈdaʊtəbəl/ adj literary + formal : causing or deserving great fear or respect : very powerful, impressive, etc. a redoubtable [=formidable] warrior There is a new biography of the redoubtable Winston Churchill …
49Doubtable — Doubt a*ble, a. [OF. doutable, L. dubitabilis, from dubitare. Cf. {Dubitable}.] 1. Capable of being doubted; questionable. [1913 Webster] 2. Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
50Doughtier — Doughty Dough ty (dou t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Doughtier} (dou t[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Doughtiest}.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS. dyhtig; akin to G. t[ u]chtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. dygdig virtuous, and fr. AS. dugan to… …
