dowsome
English
Alternative forms
- doesome, dosome, dohsom
Etymology
From dow + -some.
Adjective
dowsome (comparative more dowsome, superlative most dowsome)
- (dialectal, Northern England, Lancashire) healthy; thriving
- 1836, Richard Furness, Medicus-magus:
- My farand friends farewell ! so near my heart, / My dowsome cow, my good old mare, and cart !
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