dowf

D2O1W4F4
/daʊf/

adjective

Dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.

OriginMiddle English [Term?] ← Old Norse daufr ← Proto-Germanic *daubaz →
Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivedowf (comparative more dowf, superlative most dowf)

comparative more dowf · superlative most dowf · alternative douf · alternative dolf

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰūbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*daubaz“deaf”
  3. Old Norsedaufr“deaf”
  4. Middle English[Term?]
  5. Englishdowf

From Middle English [Term?], from Old Norse daufr (“deaf”) (whence also Icelandic daufur (“deaf, dull”)), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰūbʰ-, *dʰūp- (“to smoke”). Doublet of daff, deaf, and dof. Compare dove ("to slumber"). More at deaf.

More words from Middle English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

dowf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dowf

MLA

“dowf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dowf. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dowf,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dowf.

Source: dowf on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.