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English
Etymology
From gowan + -y.
Adjective
gowany (comparative more gowany, superlative most gowany)
- (Scotland) Covered with daisies.
1725, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd:Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mawn hay.
- 'a. 1835, John Mackay Wilson, Wilson's Tales of The Borders (and of Scotland)
- When the gowany braes / Were our temple o' joy and glee, / Some dour auld body would shake his head, / And tell us our gladness away would flee
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