Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cosie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cosie
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

""[…]However," she added, wiping her eyes, "that's the price o' your lodgings, as I said; but ye'll get a clean bed, and a canny fire-side, and I'll tend you wi' a' my power to make you cosie and comfortable.""

Etymology

From Scots, from Old Scots colsie, probably of North Germanic origin, such as Norwegian kose seg (“to have a cozy time”), from Old Norse kose sig, from koselig, koslig, perhaps ultimately from Old High German kōsa; see modern German kosen (“to cuddle”). See also English cosy.

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: -, kose, kōsa

Inflected Forms

cosier (comparative) cosiest (superlative) cosy (alternative) cozy (alternative)

Questions

What does cosie mean?: Cosy.
Where does cosie come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

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