"dowsome" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more dowsome [comparative], most dowsome [superlative]
Etymology: From dow + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dow|some}} dow + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} dowsome (comparative more dowsome, superlative most dowsome)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Lancashire) healthy; thriving Tags: Northern-England, dialectal Synonyms: doesome, dosome, dohsom

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