DOWRY
What does "DOWRY" mean?
Property or money brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.
Meanings
- The money, goods, or property a woman brings to her husband when they marry. Her family gave land as part of the dowry.
- A natural talent or endowment, as if given as a gift. Patience was the one dowry her difficult youth had left her. figurative
Did you know?
- India formally banned the giving and taking of dowry with the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, though the custom persisted long after the law was passed.
Word origin
From Anglo-French 'dowarie' and Medieval Latin 'dotarium', from Latin 'dos, dotis' ('marriage gift'), related to 'dare' ('to give') - the same root as 'donate' and 'endow'.
Remember it
A DOWRY is what the bride brings DOW(n) the aisle - the gift travels with her toward the marriage.
A little poem
They counted the linens, the land, the gold-
and weighed the girl by what she'd bring,
as if a life were a sum to be told.
tercet
What it teaches
The worth a person carries into a union is never the part anyone can fold into a chest.
Quick facts
What does DOWRY mean?
Property or money brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.
Is DOWRY a valid word?
Yes — DOWRY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DOWRY?
DOWRY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DOWRY come from?
From Anglo-French 'dowarie' and Medieval Latin 'dotarium', from Latin 'dos, dotis' ('marriage gift'), related to 'dare' ('to give') - the same root as 'donate' and 'endow'.
What can DOWRY teach us?
The worth a person carries into a union is never the part anyone can fold into a chest.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.