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cosie

cosie adjective: cosy.

Adjective

cosie (comparative cosier, superlative cosiest)

  1. (Scotland) Cosy.
    • "[…]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."1833, Andrew Picken, The Black Watch, volume 1, published 1835, page 167

Forms of cosie

comparativecosier
superlativecosiest
alternative formcosy
alternative formcozy

Origin of cosie

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 kōsa; see modern German kosen (“to cuddle”). See also English cosy.

Questions about cosie

What does cosie mean?
Cosie means cosy.
What part of speech is cosie?
Cosie is an adjective.

Words near cosie in the dictionary

  1. coshing
  2. Coshocton
  3. Coshocton County
  4. COSI
  5. cosibelimab
  6. cosie
  7. cosied
  8. cosied along
  9. cosied up
  10. cosied up to
  11. cosier

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