DOWDY


Meaning of DOWDY in English

adj. & n.

adj. (dowdier, dowdiest) 1 (of clothes) unattractively dull; unfashionable. 2 (of a person, esp. a woman) dressed in dowdy clothes.

n. (pl. -ies) a dowdy woman. dowdily adv. dowdiness n.

[ ME dowd slut, of unkn. orig. ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.