different between dozy vs lethargic

dozy

English

Etymology

doze +? -y

Adjective

dozy (comparative dozier, superlative doziest)

  1. Quite sleepy or tired.
  2. Intellectually slow.
    Jim is a dozy child.
  3. (carpentry) Decaying, rotten, spongy.
    dozy wood

Synonyms

  • (decaying, rotten): doty

Translations

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lethargic

English

Alternative forms

  • lethargick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (l?thargikós), from ???????? (l?thargos, forgetful, lethargic), from ???? (l?th?, a forgetting, forgetfulness) (from which Lethe (river in Hades)) + ????? (argós, not working)

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /l?????d??k/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /l?????d??k/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l?????.d??k/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)d??k

Adjective

lethargic (comparative more lethargic, superlative most lethargic)

  1. sluggish, slow
  2. indifferent, apathetic

Synonyms

  • torpid
  • lazy
  • unmoving

Related terms

  • alethic, alethiology, philalethia
  • lethargy
  • Lethe

Translations

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