adoze

[ uh-dohz ]

adverb, adjective
  1. dozing; napping: a cat adoze by the fireside.

Origin of adoze

1
First recorded in 1845–50; a-1 + doze1

Words Nearby adoze

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How to use adoze in a sentence

  • Cricket was about the one thing he really cared for; as a chemistry specialist he spent most of his day adoze in the laboratory.

    The Loom of Youth | Alec Waugh
  • I again fell adoze for half an hour, and was awakened by my brother suddenly coming in and saying: Ah!

  • So, hitching my chair up to the oaken table, I made a pillow of my fettered wrists and presently fell adoze.

    The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde
  • Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?

    The Turn of the Screw | Henry James