English Explanatory Dictionary

dowie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Dull, dreary; melancholy.
name
  1. A surname

Word forms

dowie more dowie most dowie dowey

Etymology

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

Derived words

Dowieism Dowieite
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