dowdinessn.

/ˈdaʊdɪnɪs/

Etymology: < dowdy adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being dowdy; shabby ugliness of dress or personal appearance.

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disguisinessc1386

threadbareness1530

lustinessa1547

tricksinessc1550

niceness1559

trickness1600

quaintness1603

fineness1667

overdress1781

fullness1792

succinctness1818

dowdiness1843

dowdyism1859

gauziness1873

floppiness1892

1843 R. W. Emerson Transcendentalist in Dial Jan. 311 The Beautiful..appears to us the golden mean, escaping the dowdiness of the good, and the heartlessness of the true.

1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xii. 92 There was nothing of the dowdiness of the lone lorn woman about her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	dowdiness
释义	dowdinessn. /ˈdaʊdɪnɪs/ Etymology: < dowdy adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being dowdy; shabby ugliness of dress or personal appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > qualities of disguisinessc1386 threadbareness1530 lustinessa1547 tricksinessc1550 niceness1559 trickness1600 quaintness1603 fineness1667 overdress1781 fullness1792 succinctness1818 dowdiness1843 dowdyism1859 gauziness1873 floppiness1892 1843 R. W. Emerson Transcendentalist in Dial Jan. 311 The Beautiful..appears to us the golden mean, escaping the dowdiness of the good, and the heartlessness of the true. 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xii. 92 There was nothing of the dowdiness of the lone lorn woman about her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1843
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