Scottish dialect: sad, doleful, mournful, or gloomy; suggesting melancholy or doom.
From Scottish English, possibly from Old English 'duwan' or related to 'dow' (to be able), evolving to mean sorrowful or grievous.
The Scottish word 'dowie' captures a specific emotional tone—that gothic, mournful, almost fatalistic sadness that appears constantly in Scottish literature and music, distinct from simple English 'sad.'
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