DOWFART

PRONUNCIATION: (DAU-fuhrt)

MEANING: noun: 1. A dimwit.
2. A coward.
adj.: 1. Dim or dull.
2. Cowardly.

ETYMOLOGY: From Scots dowf (dull, dim) + -art, a variant of the usually pejorative suffix -ard. Earliest documented use: 1719. Also spelled duffart.
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DOWL ART - a toy structure made of round wooden sticks of various lengths

DORF ART - a picture adorning the roof of a building in Germany

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