different between coziness vs cosy
coziness
English
Alternative forms
- cosiness
Etymology
cozy +? -ness
Noun
coziness (usually uncountable, plural cozinesses)
- (chiefly Canada, US) The state or quality of being cozy.
Hyponyms
- Gemütlichkeit
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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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