DOWDY
ADJECTIVES
1838 ► NUNTY dowdy, unstylish, dressed in a shabby or old-fashioned way: said of female dress → Eng. dial.
1854 ► POKY dowdy, shabby; said of dress, etc.→ obs.
1862 ► TACKEY → TACKY dowdy, unfashionable; untidy, slovenly, shabby; gaudy, tawdry → Amer. sl.
1905 ► MAWKY dowdy and ungainly; said of a woman → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1330 ► DOWD a dowdy woman; a person, usually a woman, of dull unfashionable appearance
1699 ► MOPSIE → MOPSY a dowdy or homely woman → sl. & Eng. dial. rare
1905 ► MOG a dowdily dressed person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1970 ► MOUSEBURGER a young woman of unexceptional appearance and talents, regarded as dowdy, timid, or mousy; such a person who can nevertheless achieve professional and personal success through determination → chiefly US, humorous usage
1972 ► MISS GOOCH a dowdy, frowzy wallflower → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1972 ► MISS GUNCH a dowdy, frowzy wallflower → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► DRACK-SACK a dowdy woman → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
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