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cosy
English
Alternative forms
The spelling cosy predominates in British English, and cozy in American English.
- cozy (North America)
- cosie (Scotland)
- cozie
- cosey (archaic)
- cozey
Etymology
From Scots cosie, from Old Scots colsie, but ultimate derivation is unknown. Possibly 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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??zi/
- (US) enPR: k?'-z?, IPA(key): /?ko?zi/
- Rhymes: -??zi
Adjective
cosy (comparative cosier, superlative cosiest)
- Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social
- 1785, Robert Burns, Holy Fair - While some are cozie i' the neuk, / An' forming assignations / To meet some day
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch 30 - after Mr. Bob Sawyer had informed him that he meant to be very cosy, and that his friend Ben was to be one of the party, they shook hands and separated
- Synonym: snug
- Hyponym: gemütlich
Derived terms
- cosy up, cozy up
Translations
Noun
cosy (plural cosies)
- A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.
- A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
- A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.
Derived terms
- tea cosy, tea cozy
- egg cosy, egg cozy
Translations
Verb
cosy (third-person singular simple present cosies, present participle cosying, simple past and past participle cosied)
- To become snug and comfortable.
- To become friendly with.
- He spent all day cosying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.
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
- Coys, Soc'y, coys
French
Etymology
From English
Adjective
cosy (plural cosys)
- correlation
Noun
cosy m (uncountable)
- correlation
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nice
English
Alternative forms
- nyc (non-standard)
- noice (slang)
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?s, IPA(key): /na?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nescire (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + scire (“to know”).
Adjective
nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)
- Pleasant, satisfactory. [from 18th c.]
- 1998, Baha Men – “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
- When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- 2008, Rachel Cooke, The Guardian, 20 Apr.:
- "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
- 1998, Baha Men – “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
- Of a person: friendly, attractive. [from 18th c.]
- Respectable; virtuous. [from 18th c.]
- (with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish. [14th-17th c.]
- (now rare) Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy. [from 14th c.]
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p.83:
- But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice [transl. wählerisch] in my dealings with the remainder.
- 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p.83:
- (obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. [16th-19th c.]
- 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, chapter 16:
- "Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential."
- 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, chapter 16:
- Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. [from 16th c.]
- 1914: Saki, Laura:
- "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
- It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p.242:
- Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
- 1914: Saki, Laura:
- (obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
- (obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky. [16th-19th c.]
- 1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul.:
- It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
- 1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul.:
Usage notes
Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess:
- 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. XIV
- I have strictly observed this rule, and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years’ reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management of nice affairs.
- 1930, H.M. Walker, The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
- Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into.
- 1973, Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril!
- Nice one, Cyril!
Synonyms
- (easy to like: person): charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet
- (easy to like: thing): charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant
- (having a pleasant taste or aroma): appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty
- (subtle): fine, subtle
Antonyms
- (easy to like: person): horrible, horrid, nasty
- (easy to like: thing): horrible, horrid, nasty
- (having a pleasant taste or aroma): awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory
- (respectable; virtuous): naughty
Derived terms
Related terms
- nicety
Translations
Descendants
- ? Dutch: nice
- ? German: nice
- ? Danish: nice
- ? Swedish: najs, nice
- ? Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: nice
Adverb
nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)
- (colloquial) Nicely.
Interjection
nice!
- Used to signify a job well done.
- Used to signify approval.
Translations
Noun
nice (uncountable)
- niceness.
Etymology 2
Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.
Verb
nice (third-person singular simple present nices, present participle nicing, simple past and past participle niced)
- (transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
Derived terms
- renice
Further reading
- nice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- nice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- nice at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Nice at NiceDefinition.com
Anagrams
- Ince, Niec, cien, cine, cine-, icen
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?n?t?s?]
- Rhymes: -?ts?
- Hyphenation: ni?ce
Noun
nice
- dative/locative singular of nika
Anagrams
- Ince
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English nice.
Adjective
nice (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- (slang) nice
French
Etymology
From Old French nice, inherited from Latin nescius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nis/
Adjective
nice (plural nices)
- (archaic) candid, naive
Derived terms
- nicet
Further reading
- “nice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
English nice
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na??s/
Adjective
nice (comparative nicer, superlative am nicesten)
- (colloquial) good, nice
Further reading
- “nice” in Duden online
- “nice” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Middle English
Adjective
nice
- Alternative form of nyce
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkish ????? (nice, “how much”), from Proto-Turkic *n??e, equative form of *n? (“what”). See ne (“what”), cognate to Karakhanid ????? (n???, “how much”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ni?d??e]
Adjective
nice (comparative daha nice, superlative en nice)
- many
Synonyms
- çok
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *n?- (“interrogative archetype”).
Adverb
nice
- (dialectal or poetic) how
Synonyms
- nas?l
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