Dowd
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /daʊd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dowd is a noun meaning Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.
Meaning
Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.
More Meanings
- (archaic) A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
Example Sentences
“I knew there were women-dowdies in Bengal. They come up here sometimes. But I didn't know that there were men-dowds, too.”
"You wouldn't have me a dowd, Olaf?" said she, demurely. "I have to be neat and tidy, you know. You wouldn't have me going about in a continuous state of unbuttonedness and black bombazine like Mrs. Rabbet, would you?"
He, of course, was only an unbalanced religious fanatic, whose opinions were not of the slightest consequence to anybody, whom everybody seemed to take a dislike to at sight (except ignorant paupers like the Cooneys), and whose ideal type of girl would probably be some hideous dowd, a slum-worker, a Salvation Army lassie, perhaps.
Word Forms
- dowds
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dowdy, dowst, dowdyism, doweress, daffock, dowset.
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