Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dull; flat; noting a defect of spirit or animation, and also of courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; lethargic; pithless; vapid; wanting force; frivolous.
- Dull; hollow: as, a dowf sound.
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- adjective
Dull ;flat ; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage;melancholy ;gloomy ;inactive ;listless ; lethargic;pithless ; vapid; lacking force; frivolous. - adjective of a sound
Dull ;hollow .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Return sae dowf and wearie O! How noble that is, how natural, how unconsciously Greek!
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And owsen frae the furrowed field return sae dowf and weary o,
The Lea Rig 1998
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Return sae dowf and wearie O! How noble that is, how natural, how unconsciously Greek!
Letters to Dead Authors Andrew Lang 1878
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The bridegroom might pass, in his manly prime and his scarlet coat, although a dowf gallant; but who would have thought that Nelly Carnegie in the white brocade which was her grandmother's the day that made her sib to Rothes -- Nelly Carnegie who flouted at love and lovers, and sported a free, light, brave heart, would have made so dowie a bride?
Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870
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Return sae dowf and weary, O! Down by the burn, where scented birks [137]
hernesheir commented on the word dowf
Century Dictionary: "Dull; flat; noting a defect of spirit or animation, and also of courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; lethargic; pithless; vapid; wanting force; frivolous."
December 22, 2010