dowdy
adjective
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned.
dowdyism
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a word derived from
dowdy.
Example Sentences
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Why should these women sink before their time into a slough of dowdyism and cut themselves off from the enjoyments civilisation has provided for their benefit?
From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner
In a moment she had flattened every jaunty twist and turn out of her habiliments, and had given to herself an air of absolute dowdyism.
From The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope
