'Dowdy' definitions:

Definition of 'dowdy'

From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
adjective
Primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" [syn: dowdy, frumpy, frumpish]
noun
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [syn: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy]
noun
Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn: dowdy, pandowdy]

Definition of 'Dowdy'

From: GCIDE
  • Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. Dowdier; superl. 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}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dowdy'

From: GCIDE
  • Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. Dowdies. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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