Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dozy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
dozy
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Quite sleepy or tired.

adj

Intellectually slow.

adj

Decaying, rotten, spongy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From doze + -y.

Inflected Forms

dozier (comparative) doziest (superlative)

Derived Forms

dozily doziness

Synonyms

drowsy somnolent adrowse bedroomy dozy dopey dragging one's tail eyelids at half-mast nodding off oscitant out of steam sleepbound

Questions

What does dozy mean?
Quite sleepy or tired.
Where does dozy come from?
From doze + -y.

How to pronounce dozy

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