doozy
/ˈduːzi/
doozy noun: something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
Noun
doozy (plural doozies)
- Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
- Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy.
- "Boy!" said Hazel, "that was a doozy, wasn't it?"
- It was such a doozy that George was white and trembling, and tears stood on the rims of his red eyes.1961, Kurt Vonnegut, “Harrison Bergeron”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Synonyms:
- lulu
Adjective
doozy (not generally comparable, comparative doozier, superlative dooziest)
- Of high quality; remarkable; excellent.
- As soon as the races were billed he began to evolve Schemes — one Doozy scheme followed the other...1903, Alfred Leon Kleberg, Slang Fables from Afar, page 83
- The hydra wasn't the doozy? How could it not be the doozy? What could be doozier than that?2011, “Feeling Pinkie Keen”, in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Sporty, ostentatious, flashy.
- Who was that doozy fellow I saw you with?1917, Elsie Warnock, “Terms of approbation and eulogy in American dialect speech”, in Dialect Notes, volume IV, page 21
- Sweetie, do let me show you the dooziest little afternoon frock that Poiret designed for me in Paris.1920, Jane Barrett, “English review”, in High School Life, volume 21, page 531
Synonyms of doozy
Forms of doozy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | doozies |
| alternative form | doozer |
| alternative form | doozie |
| alternative form | duesey |
| alternative form | duesy |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | doozier |
| superlative | dooziest |
Origin of doozy
Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively, possibly from Polish duży, but this is chronologically unlikely and not attested in period sources.
Words that rhyme with doozy
Questions about doozy
- What does doozy mean?
- Doozy means something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
- What part of speech is doozy?
- Doozy can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce doozy?
- Doozy is pronounced /ˈduːzi/.
- What is the plural of doozy?
- The plural of doozy is doozies.
Words near doozy in the dictionary
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