dowie

/dˈaʊi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

name

"There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman."
"‘You are less use than an empty tin can, you dowey old cassowary.’"

From Scots dowie, apparently a form of dull + -ly.

more dowie (comparative) most dowie (superlative) dowey (alternative)

dowiness Dowieism Dowieite

maui howie aoi cowie laue howey borowy dlouhy

Questions

How do you pronounce dowie?

The recorded pronunciation is /dˈaʊi/.

What does dowie mean?

Dull, dreary; melancholy.

Where does dowie come from?

From Scots dowie, apparently a form of dull + -ly.

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