dozy

Meanings

• adjective

  Drowsy or sleepy; not alert or attentive.

  - "After a long day, I feel dozy and just want to go to bed."
  - "The lecture was so boring that many students became dozy and fell asleep."

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Synonyms

doty

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with dozy
toes , oes , roes , noes

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Variants

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dozier , doziest , dozily , doziness , dozinesses , dozy

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Etymology

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From Old French doze, from dis- dos 'back' + jouer 'to play', from the idea of being weary and wanting to rest.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'dozy' is not commonly used in American English.

2. The opposite of dozy is alert or wide awake.

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Related Concepts

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1. drowsiness: A state of being sleepy or lethargic.

2. somnolence: A state of being excessively sleepy.

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Culture

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Dozy has been used in various forms of literature to describe a drowsy or sleepy character. For instance, in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, Mr. Micawber is described as a dozy gentleman. In music, the term 'dozy' was used as the title of a song by the British rock band, T.Rex.

How to Memorize "dozy"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person who is feeling very tired and sleepy. They have heavy eyelids and find it hard to keep their eyes open. This is what it means to be dozy.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'dozy' with feeling tired or sleepy.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each word in 'Drowsy = Dozes Off Regularly While You're Sleeping'.

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