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dowdyism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dowdy-ism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plain, unfashionable style of dress.

Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From dowdy + -ism.

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Questions

What does dowdyism mean?
A plain, unfashionable style of dress.
Where does dowdyism come from?
From dowdy + -ism.

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