"dowd" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /daʊd/ Forms: dowds [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊd Etymology: Back-formation from dowdy. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|dowdy}} Back-formation from dowdy Head templates: {{en-noun}} dowd (plural dowds)
  1. (archaic) A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-dowd-en-noun-vFFexcis
  2. Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.
    Sense id: en-dowd-en-noun-WSPRnNsb Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Verb [Welsh]

IPA: /dou̯d/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dowd [mutation, mutation-radical], ddowd [mutation, mutation-soft], nowd [mutation, mutation-nasal]
Head templates: {{cy-verb form}} dowd Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (literary) preterite impersonal of dod Tags: form-of, impersonal, literary, preterite Form of: dod Synonyms: daethpwyd, deuwyd, doed
    Sense id: en-dowd-cy-verb-jeT764eR Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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