Dowdy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dowdy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Dowdy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dowdy adj lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" Synonym(s): dowdy, frumpy, frumpish n British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) Synonym(s): Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust Synonym(s): dowdy, pandowdy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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"dily}, adv. -- {Dow"diness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. {Dowdies}. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden.