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dowf

/daʊf/

dowf adjective: dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.

Adjective

dowf (comparative more dowf, superlative most dowf)

  1. Dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.
  2. Dull; hollow.

Forms of dowf

comparativemore dowf
superlativemost dowf
alternative formdouf
alternative formdolf

Origin of dowf

From Middle English [Term?], from Old Norse daufr (“deaf”) (whence also Icelandic daufur (“deaf, dull”)), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰūbʰ-, *dʰūp- (“to smoke”). Doublet of daff, deaf, and dof. Compare dove ("to slumber"). More at deaf.

Words formed from dowf

Questions about dowf

What does dowf mean?
Dowf means dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.
What part of speech is dowf?
Dowf is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dowf?
Dowf is pronounced /daʊf/.

Words near dowf in the dictionary

  1. dowerless
  2. dowerlessness
  3. dowers
  4. dowery
  5. dowey
  6. dowf
  7. dowfness
  8. Dowgar
  9. Dowgars
  10. Dowhan
  11. dowie

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