(DOW-tee)

(adj.) Resolute, steadfast in one's courage; valiant

"Doughty" has roots in Old English, where "dohtig" meant "worthy."

"Americans march to Elgar at commencements as they march to Mendelssohn at weddings, but they probably don't think about him most of the rest of the year. To a nation with little patience for quaint remnants, he can seem an anomalous holdover of the British Empire, which much of his music appeared to embody in its doughty staunchness and solemnity."--James Oestreich, writing in the New York Times about composer Edward Elgar.