dowd (noun)

  • 1Dowd — /daʊd/ (say dowd) noun Ronald, 1914–90, Australian tenor opera singer …

  • 2dowd — [daʊd] noun a dowdy person. Origin ME: of unknown origin …

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  • 3dowd — ˈdau̇d noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English doude : a dowdy person; especially : a dowdy woman …

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  • 4O'Dowd — /oʊˈdaʊd/ (say oh dowd) noun Bernard Patrick, 1866–1953, Australian radical activist; poet and author of the poem The Bush (1912). Bernard O Dowd was born in Beaufort, Victoria, and spent his working life in Melbourne as Supreme Court librarian… …

  • 5chan|nel-surf|ing — «CHAN uhl SUR fihng», adjective, noun. –adj. tending to switch from one interest or subject to another; easily bored: »The Vogue pictures…offer a kaleidoscope of images, feeding the short attention span of a channel surfing celebrity hungry… …

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  • 6dowdyism — dowdˈyism noun • • • Main Entry: ↑dowd …

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  • 7Romani people — For other uses, see Romani (disambiguation). Romani people Rromane dźene Romani flag created in 1933 a …

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  • 8dowdy — I. noun (plural dowdies) Etymology: diminutive of dowd dowdy, from Middle English doude Date: 1581 archaic a dowdy woman II. adjective (dowdier; est) Date: 1676 1. no …

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  • 10dowdy — /ˈdaʊdi / (say dowdee) adjective (dowdier, dowdiest) 1. ill dressed; not trim, smart, or stylish. –noun (plural dowdies) 2. an ill dressed woman. {earlier dowd, Middle English doude; origin obscure} –dowdily, adverb –dowdiness, noun –dowdyish …