Wednesday, December 26, 2012

dowdy, doughty

Dowdy or dowdy means frumpy or unfashionable--
I want to go to the store so that I can exchange this dowdy blouse.
Does this dress look dowdy?

Doughty or doughty ( nearly rhymes with dowdy ) means brave or plucky--
She enjoyed reading the adventures of  the doughty girl detective.
The doughty old woman never lost her nerve during a crisis.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He recognized the doughty woman by the dowdy coat she always wore."

Note--"pandowdy" is a kind of fruit cobbler--
We are having apple pandowdy for dessert.

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