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)