In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DOZY
drowsy, drowsing, dozy
(adjective) half asleep; “made drowsy by the long ride”; “it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor”; “a tired dozy child”; “the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
dozy (comparative dozier, superlative doziest)
Quite sleepy or tired.
Intellectually slow.
(carpentry) Decaying, rotten, spongy.
Synonyms
• (decaying, rotten): doty
Source: Wiktionary
Doz"y, a.
Definition: Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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