Dowdy - Definition
dowdy
adj 1: lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a
clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's
gambling game" [syn: dowdy, 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,
Dowdy]
2: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn:
dowdy, pandowdy]
