dowie or dow·y [dou-ee, doh-ee] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Scot. and North England.
- dull; melancholy; dismal.
Origin of dowie 1500–10; variant of dolly, equivalent to dull + -ly Related formsdow·i·ly, adverbdow·i·ness, noun Examples from the Web for dowie Historical Examples of dowie
It is probable that this is the locality of “the Dowie Dens of Yarrow.”
Highways and Byways in The Border
Andrew Lang
Crossing the bridge we are swiftly, unbelievingly, on the Dowie Dens of Yarrow.
Keith Clark
I remember only that peace soon reigned and Dowie continued to buy our butter.
John Burroughs
And Margot let it go at that, but she was as she said, “dowie and despondent.”
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Why, he looked like Dowie or Moses, or some of those fellows.
Arthur Train