dozy

[ doh-zee ]

/ ˈdoʊ zi /

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adjective, doz·i·er, doz·i·est.

drowsy; half asleep.

decayed, as timber.

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Origin of dozy

First recorded in 1685–95; doze¹ + -y¹

Related formsdoz·i·ly, adverbdoz·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for dozy

So ugly the time'll come you can't stand for 'em any more than you can stand for the dozy life around here now.
The Triumph of John Kars|Ridgwell Cullum
Then came the hour of half-sleep, a true “dozy hour,” as Thackeray said.
Stage-coach and Tavern Days|Alice Morse Earle
At this announcement, a few members, not so dozy as the majority, turned their heads to see who this intruder could be.
Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland|Henry B. Stanton
It was to be judged that the stuffy air of the car made her dozy.
Sundry Accounts|Irvin S. Cobb

The downy woodpecker wants no better place than the brittle, dozy trunk of an apple-tree in which to excavate his winter home.
Riverby|John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for dozy

dozy

/ (ˈdəʊzɪ) /

adjective dozier or doziest

drowsy

British informal stupid

Derived Formsdozily, adverbdoziness, noun

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Word Origin and History for dozy

dozy

adj.

"drowsy," 1690s, from doze + -y (2).

dozy

adjective, doz·i·er, doz·i·est.

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Origin of dozy

Examples from the Web for dozy

British Dictionary definitions for dozy

dozy

adjective dozier or doziest

Word Origin and History for dozy

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