different between cosie vs cowie

English

Alternative forms

• cosy
• cozy

Etymology

From Scots, from Old Scots colsie, probably of North Germanic origin, such as Norwegian kose seg (“to have a cozy time”), from Old Norse kose sig, from koselig, koslig, perhaps ultimately from Old High German k?sa; see modern German kosen (“to cuddle”). See also English cosy.

Adjective

cosie (comparative cosier, superlative cosiest)

1. (Scotland) Cosy.
   • 1833, Andrew Picken, The Black Watch, Volume 1, 1835, page 167,

     " […] However," she added, wiping her eyes, "that's the price o' your lodgings, as I said; but ye'll get a clean bed, and a canny fire-side, and I'll tend you wi' a' my power to make you cosie and comfortable."

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Annandale, C., Ogilvie, J. (1907). The Student's English Dictionary. Ireland: Blackie, p. 164

Anagrams

• socie

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

cowie (plural cowies)

1. (Britain, Northumbria) A pill, especially of ecstasy.
2. (Britain, Northumbria) Left-hander.

Derived terms

• cowie-handed

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN