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dowds

dowds is the plural of dowd.

Meaning of dowd

Noun

dowd (plural dowds)

  1. (archaic) A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
    • “I knew there were women-dowdies in Bengal. They come up here sometimes. But I didn't know that there were men-dowds, too.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 29
  2. Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.

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Proper noun capitalized: Dowds

Dowds

  1. (plural) plural of Dowd

Questions about dowds

What is dowds the plural of?
Dowds is the plural of dowd.
What part of speech is dowds?
Dowds is a proper noun.

Words near dowds in the dictionary

  1. dowdinesses
  2. Dowding
  3. Dowdings
  4. Dowdle
  5. Dowdles
  6. dowds
  7. dowdy
  8. dowdy up
  9. dowdying
  10. dowdying up
  11. dowdyish

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