Dow'dy1, n.
n. [See infra.] An awkward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman. Shak. Dryden.
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Dowdy
Dow'dy2, a.
a. [Scot. dawdie, slovenly, daw, da, sluggard, drab, Prov. Eng. dowd, flat, dead. Cf. DEAD.] Awkward; ill-dressed; vulgar-looking.