doze
/doʊz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.64 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A light, short sleep or nap.
det
Pronunciation spelling of those.
Example Sentences
- "I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit."
- "If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him."
- "She dozes, too. Lies there for a minute or two, all these thoughts going through her head."
- "I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work."
- "October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed."
- "I felt much better after a short doze."
Etymology
From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dosen, dúsa, *dusāną, *dʰews-