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Webster 1913 Edition
Cozy
Co′zy
(k?′z?)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Cozier
(-z?-?r)
; sup
erl.
Coziest
.] [Cf. Scot.
cosie
, cozie
, prob. from Gael. cosach
abounding in hollows, or cosagach
full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos
a hollow, a crevice.] 1.
Snug; comfortable; easy; contented.
[Written also
cosey
and cosy
.] 2.
[Cf. F.
causer
to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar.
[Eng.]
Definition 2024
cozy
cozy
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
cozy (comparative cozier, superlative coziest)
- Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social
- 1785, Robert Burns, Holy Fair - While some are cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day
Synonyms
Derived terms
Hyponyms
Translations
affording comfort and warmth
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Noun
cozy (plural cozies)
- A padded or knit covering to keep an item warm, especially a teapot or egg.
- A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
- A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.
Derived terms
- tea cozy
- egg cozy
Translations
a padded or knit covering put on a teapot
Verb
cozy (third-person singular simple present cozies, present participle cozying, simple past and past participle cozied)
- To become snug and comfortable.
- To become friendly with.
- He spent all day cozying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.