doze
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”).
Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“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.
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editVerb
editdoze (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.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
- If he Happen'd to Doze a little no and then in a Morning, the Jolly Cobbler Wak'd him.
- (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
- 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666:
- I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
- October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university
- They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.
Synonyms
edit- (sleep lightly): slumber
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Noun
editdoze (plural dozes)
- A light, short sleep or nap.
- I felt much better after a short doze.
- 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
- Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.
Synonyms
edit- See Thesaurus:sleep
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editEtymology 2
editClipping of bulldoze.
Verb
editdoze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)
- (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.
Etymology 3
editDeterminer
editdoze
- Pronunciation 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!
Aragonese
edit< 11 | 12 | 13 > |
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Cardinal : doze | ||
Numeral
editdoze
Franco-Provençal
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin duodecim.
Numeral
editdoze (invariable) (ORB, broad)
References
editGalician
edit[a], [b] ← 11 | 12 | 13 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal (reintegrationist): doze Cardinal (standard): doce Ordinal: duodécimo, décimo segundo Ordinal abbreviation: 12º Fractional (reintegrationist): doze avos Fractional (standard): doceavo |
Etymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.
Numeral
editdoze (reintegrationist norm)
Further reading
edit- “doze” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Old Catalan
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editdoze
Old French
edit12 | Previous: | onze |
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Next: | treze |
Etymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editdoze
Derived terms
edit- dozaine (“dozen”)
Descendants
editPortuguese
edit← 11 | 12 | 13 → |
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Cardinal: doze Ordinal: décimo segundo, duodécimo Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º Multiplier: duodécuplo Fractional: duodécimo, doze avos |
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ozi
- Hyphenation: do‧ze
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Numeral
editdoze m or f
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editAbbreviation of calibre 12 (“12-gauge”).
Noun
editdoze f (plural dozes)
- (Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)
Etymology 3
editNoun
editdoze f (plural dozes)
Venetan
editNoun
editdoze m (plural dozi)
- (non-traditional) Alternative spelling of doxe (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”)
Noun
editdoze f (plural doze)
- (non-traditional) Alternative spelling of doxe (“dose, quantity”)
Walloon
editEtymology
editFrom Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editdoze
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