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Webster 1913 Edition

Dowdy

Dow′dy

,

Adj.

[

Com

par.

Dowdier

;

sup

erl.

Dowdiest

.]

[Scot.

dawdie

slovenly,

daw

,

da

sluggard, drab, Prov. E.

dowd

flat, dead.]

Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.

–

Dow′di-ly

(#)

,

adv.

–

Dow′di-ness

,

Noun.

Dow′dy

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Dowdies

.

An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.

Shak. Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dowdy

DOWDY

,

Noun.

An awkward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman.

DOWDY

,

Adj.

Awkward.