dowd
/daʊd
/noun
A person of dull, unfashionable appearance (typically used of a woman): you will never catch a husband if you persist in looking like a dowd!...
- Not because of you; I just felt such a dowd in Paris.
Origin
Middle English: of unknown origin. Perhaps reintroduced in the early 19th century as a back-formation from dowdy.
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