doze
English
Etymology
From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusēną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Danish døse (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.
Verb
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)
- (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
- I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
- L'Estrange
- If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him.
- (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
- Samuel Pepys
- I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
- South
- They left for a long time dozed and benumbed.
- Samuel Pepys
- (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
Synonyms
- (sleep lightly): slumber
Translations
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Noun
doze (plural dozes)
- (countable) a light, short sleep or nap
- I felt much better after a short doze.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:sleep
Translations
Determiner
doze
- Eye dialect spelling of those.
- 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck
- Donald Duck: I'll give you $20 for those old license plates on your fence posts!
- Other man: Hah? No chance! I bought dis house 'cause it has dis address! It's me lucky number! […] It was me prison number at Leavenworst and de winning number in de weekly parole lottery! I wudn't never sell doze plates!
- 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Portuguese
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Cardinal : doze Ordinal : décimo segundo | ||
Portuguese Wikipedia article on doze |
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdo.zɨ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdo.zi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdo.ze/
- Hyphenation: do‧ze
- Rhymes: -ozi
Noun
doze f (plural dozes)
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.