资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. {Dowdier}; superl. {Dowdiest}.]
   [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd
   flat, dead.]
   Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in
   dress; vulgar-looking. -- {Dow"di*ly}, adv. -- {Dow"di*ness},
   n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dowdy
     adj 1: lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a
            clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
     2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's
        gambling game" [syn: {frumpy}, {frumpish}]
     n 1: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air
          defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the
          Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [syn: {Dowding}, {Hugh
          Dowding}, {Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding}]
     2: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn: {pandowdy}]
     [also: {dowdiest}, {dowdier}]

dowdier
     See {dowdy}