Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dowdiness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. {Dowdier}; superl. {Dowdiest}.]
[Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd
flat, dead.]
Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in
dress; vulgar-looking. -- {Dow"di*ly}, adv. -- {Dow"di*ness},
n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dowdiness
n : lacking stylishness or neatness [syn: {drabness}, {homeliness}]
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