dowie
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See also: Dowie
Pronunciation
Verb
dowie
Etymology
Uncertain; probably ultimately related to dull.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dowie (comparative dowier, superlative dowiest)
- melancholy, gloomy
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- 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.
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