dozy
Americanadjective
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drowsy; half asleep.
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decayed, as timber.
adjective
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drowsy
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informal stupid
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Some participants were encouraged to take a brief, dozy nap before tackling the problems.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2023
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The dozy capital of a state where roughly a fifth of the population lacks internet access seems like an unlikely hub for crypto regulation.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
Sen. Alex Padilla also cruising to reelection, this was about as dozy an election as California has seen in quite a while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Burn hit a bouncing cross towards the near post, where Connolly got in front of the dozy Davies to flick the ball towards goal from six yards.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2019
He felt at peace, free of care and still slightly dozy from his nap.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
But it is certainly off to a dozier start, and the opening minutes of the first episode — in stark contrast to the frenetic beginning of “Breaking Bad” — are positively somnambulant.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2015
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