dozy

English

Etymology

From doze +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dozy (comparative dozier, superlative doziest)

1. Quite sleepy or tired.

   Synonyms: drowsy, somnolent; see also Thesaurus:sleepy

2. Intellectually slow.

   Synonyms: drowsy, vacant; see also Thesaurus:stupid

   Jim is a dozy child.

3. (carpentry) Decaying, rotten, spongy.

   Synonyms: doty; see also Thesaurus:decayed

   dozy wood

Derived terms

• dozily
• doziness

Translations

sleepy

• Assamese: কলামলা (kolamola), কলাঘুমটীয়া (kolaghumotia)
• Bulgarian: сънен (bg) (sǎnen), сънлив (bg) (sǎnliv)
• Czech: ospalý (cs), mátožný, malátný (cs)
• Dutch: slaperig (nl)
• French: somnolent (fr) m
• Greek: αποκοιμισμένος (el) (apokoimisménos)
• Italian: assonnato (it) m, insonnolito (it) m
• Latin: sopōrus
• Ottoman Turkish: مخمور (mahmur)
• Polish: śpiący (pl)
• Russian: со́нный (ru) (sónnyj)
• Spanish: adormecido (es)

intellectually slow

• Czech: pomalý (cs), natvrdlý (cs)
• Greek: αποκοιμισμένος (el) (apokoimisménos)