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3 definitions found 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"di*ly}, adv -- {Dow"di*ness}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl {Dowdies}. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dowdy adj 1: lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" 2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" [syn: {frumpy}, {frumpish}] n : deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn: {pandowdy}]
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