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dowf

/daʊf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dowf
IPA
/daʊf/
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.

adj

Dull; hollow.

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old Norse daufr (“deaf”) (whence also Icelandic daufur (“deaf, dull”)), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰūbʰ-, *dʰūp- (“to smoke”). Doublet of daff, deaf, and dof. Compare dove ("to slumber"). More at deaf.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: daufr, *daubaz, *dʰūbʰ-

Inflected Forms

more dowf (comparative) most dowf (superlative) douf (alternative) dolf (alternative)

Derived Forms

dowfness

Questions

How do you pronounce dowf?
The recorded pronunciation is /daʊf/.
What does dowf mean?
Dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.
Where does dowf come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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