adoze

American  

[uh-dohz] / əˈdoʊz /

adverb

1. dozing; napping.

   a cat adoze by the fireside.

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Etymology

Origin of adoze

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

Example Sentences

Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?

From The Turn of the Screw by James, Henry

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

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec

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

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis