dozy

[ doh-zee ]

/ ˈdoʊ zi /

adjective, doz·i·er, doz·i·est.

drowsy; half asleep.

decayed, as timber.

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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

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Words nearby dozy

dozed, dozen, dozens, dozenth, dozer, dozy, doña, dp, dpb, dpc, dph

Origin of dozy

First recorded in 1685–95; doze¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM dozy

doz·i·ly, adverbdoz·i·ness, noun

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Example sentences 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 forms of dozy

dozily, adverbdoziness, noun

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dozy

adjective, doz·i·er, doz·i·est.

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Words related to dozy

Words nearby dozy

Origin of dozy

OTHER WORDS FROM dozy

Example sentences from the Web for dozy

British Dictionary definitions for dozy

adjective dozier or doziest

Derived forms of dozy