Meaning

2 senses

  1. Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.

  2. (archaic)A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.

Origin

Back-formation from dowdy.

Back-formation from dowdy.

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Forms

plural: dowds
Singulardowd
Pluraldowds

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relateddowd cap

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doveB2dovetaildowdownA1
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