Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Drowsiness; heaviness; inclination to sleep.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
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- noun The state of being
dozy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Still, it has a definite local flavor about it, with New Zealand's characteristic good-natured doziness ably represented by Lily (Loren Horsley)."
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Bloody hell, that really woke me up from my general doziness about the level of fame you have reached.
today, I 2006
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It is after the embodying of a good dinner with ourselves, that doziness is most tempting.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 Various
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Meantime the operations of _doziness_ have been gently applying themselves.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 Various
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Still he was changing and within the darkness that was subjugating him into doziness a new embedded consistency was formulating.
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May there be some clear little stream just behind you, laughing along its idle way; -- some chirping birds, singing their roundelay -- some buzzing flies -- you will then be lulled into doziness.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 Various
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It had lulled me to doziness, when I was aroused by the electric alarm bell, the purpose of which was to warn folk when a train neared the bridge.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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For an answer to this query, we shall not refer to the phenomena of natural sleep and dreaming, because it is evident that the subjects of the experiments we have to explain are not in a state of natural sleep; we shall rather refer to the condition of the brain during what we may call 'doziness,' and also to the effects sometimes produced by disease on the imagination and the senses.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 Various 1841
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We all know that in a state of 'doziness,' any accidental or ridiculous image which happens to suggest itself, will remain in the mind much longer than in a wakeful condition.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 Various 1841
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'Stupid' and 'naive' Ian Bell benefits from India's spirit of the game India save England's Ian Bell from falling victim to his own doziness Michael Vaughan sparks storm with Vaseline comments about VVS Laxman Women jockeys draw near record crowd to Carlisle for charity meeting Magnificent England destroy India's resistance to take second Test Cyclebabble by James Randerson & Peter Walker
The Guardian World News Ronan Bennett 2011
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