dowf

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse daufr (deaf) (whence also Icelandic daufur (deaf, dull)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *daubaz (deaf), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰūbʰ-, *dʰūp- (to smoke). Cognate with Old English dēaf (deaf). Compare dove ("to slumber"). More at deaf.

Adjective

dowf (comparative more dowf, superlative most dowf)

  1. Dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.
  2. (of a sound) Dull; hollow.