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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