Definitions for: Dowdy

[n] deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
[n] British Marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
[adj] primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
[adj] lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Dow"dy, n.; pl. Dowdies.
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak.
Dryden.

Synonyms: Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowding, frumpish, frumpy, Hugh Dowding, out of fashion, pandowdy, styleless, unfashionable, unstylish

See Also: full general, general, marshal, marshall, pastry

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