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gowany

gowany adjective: covered with daisies.

Adjective

gowany (comparative more gowany, superlative most gowany)

  1. (Scotland) Covered with daisies.
    • Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mawn hay.1725, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd
    • When the gowany braes / Were our temple o' joy and glee, / Some dour auld body would shake his head, / And tell us our gladness away would flee […]a. 1835, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Tales of The Borders (and of Scotland)

Forms of gowany

comparativemore gowany
superlativemost gowany

Origin of gowany

From gowan + -y.

Questions about gowany

What does gowany mean?
Gowany means covered with daisies.
What part of speech is gowany?
Gowany is an adjective.

Words near gowany in the dictionary

  1. Gowang
  2. Gowangardie
  3. gowans
  4. Gowanus
  5. Gowanus Canal
  6. gowany
  7. Gowar
  8. Gowar East
  9. Gowda
  10. Gowdall
  11. Gowdas

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