"dowf" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more dowf [comparative], most dowf [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old Norse daufr (“deaf”) (whence also Icelandic daufur (“deaf, dull”)), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰūbʰ-, *dʰūp- (“to smoke”). Doublet of dof. Cognate with Old English dēaf (“deaf”). Compare dove ("to slumber"). More at deaf. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|non|daufr||deaf}} Old Norse daufr (“deaf”), {{cog|is|daufur||deaf, dull}} Icelandic daufur (“deaf, dull”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*daubaz||deaf}} Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰūbʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰūbʰ-, {{doublet|en|dof}} Doublet of dof, {{cog|ang|dēaf||deaf}} Old English dēaf (“deaf”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dowf (comparative more dowf, superlative most dowf)
  1. Dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-dowf-en-adj-~OAKNohE Disambiguation of Emotions: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25
  2. (of a sound) Dull; hollow.
    Sense id: en-dowf-en-adj-ebBPPXs1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: douf, dolf [Scotland]

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