Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cozenage

/ˈkʌzənɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coz-enage
IPA: /ˈkʌzənɪd͡ʒ/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception.

Uncountable

noun

An instance of cozening; a scam.

Countable

Example Sentences

"They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: […]"
"I ask you, What is human life? Is it not a maimed happiness—care and weariness, weariness and care, with a baseless expectation, the strange cozenage of a brighter tomorrow?"
"When I receive your Lines, my dear Princess, and find there Expressions of a Passion; though Reason and my own Immerit tell me, it must not be for me; yet is the Cozenage so pleasing to me, that I (brib'd by my own Desires) believe them still before the other."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cozen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English cozenage From cozen + -age.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cozenages (plural) cousenage (alternative)

Synonyms

scam

Questions

How do you pronounce cozenage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌzənɪd͡ʒ/.
What does cozenage mean?: The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception.
Where does cozenage come from?: Etymology tree English cozen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English cozenage From cozen + -age.

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