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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. 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]

2. deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust;
[syn: dowdy, pandowdy]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking in smartness or taste;
- Example: "a dowdy grey outfit"
- Example: "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"

2. primly out of date;
- Example: "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
[syn: dowdy, frumpy, frumpish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dowdy
    adj 1: lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a
           clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
    2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's
       gambling game" [syn: dowdy, frumpy, frumpish]
    n 1: 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]
    2: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn:
       dowdy, pandowdy]