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dowdy
(encz) | dowdy,staromódní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dowdy
(gcide) | 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.
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Dowdy
(gcide) | Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. Dowdies.
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak.
Dryden.
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dowdy
(wn) | 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2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
dowdy
(encz) | dowdy,staromódní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pandowdy
(encz) | pandowdy, n: |
Dowdyish
(gcide) | Dowdyish \Dow"dy*ish\, a.
Like a dowdy.
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Pandowdy
(gcide) | Pandowdy \Pan*dow"dy\, n.
A deep pie or pudding made of baked apples, or of sliced
bread and apples baked together, with no bottom crust.
[1913 Webster] Pandurate |
Rowdydowdy
(gcide) | Rowdydowdy \Row"dy*dow`dy\, a.
Uproarious. [Vulgar]
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dowdy
(wn) | 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2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's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] |
pandowdy
(wn) | pandowdy
n 1: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn:
dowdy, pandowdy] |
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