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doze

See also: Doze

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dʰew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”).

Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.

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Verb

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doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
    I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
  2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
    • 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666:
      I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
    • October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university
      They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.
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Noun

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doze (plural dozes)

  1. A light, short sleep or nap.
    I felt much better after a short doze.
    • 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
      Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of bulldoze.

Verb

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doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.

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Determiner

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doze

  1. Pronunciation spelling of those.
    • 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck:
      Donald Duck: I'll give you $20 for those old license plates on your fence posts!
      Other man: Hah? No chance! I bought dis house 'cause it has dis address! It's me lucky number! […] It was me prison number at Leavenworst and de winning number in de weekly parole lottery! I wudn't never sell doze plates!

Aragonese

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Aragonese cardinal numbers
 <  11 12 13  > 
    Cardinal : doze

Numeral

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doze

  1. Superseded spelling of doce or dotze.

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

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doze (invariable) (ORB, broad)

  1. twelve

References

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  • douze in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • doze in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

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Galician numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  11 12 13  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (reintegrationist): doze
    Cardinal (standard): doce
    Ordinal: duodécimo, décimo segundo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 12º
    Fractional (reintegrationist): doze avos
    Fractional (standard): doceavo

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

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doze (reintegrationist norm)

  1. twelve

Further reading

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  • “doze” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Catalan

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Etymology

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From Latin duodecim.

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doze

  1. twelve
    • 15th century, Codex del Palau:
      Et Jesus dix a ells vn dels doze sera qui la ma met en la scudella ab mi.
      It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. (KJV)

Old French

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cardinal number
12 Previous: onze
Next: treze

Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.

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Numeral

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doze

  1. twelve

Derived terms

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  • dozaine (“dozen”)
    • French: douzaine (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle Dutch: dosine
      • Dutch: dozijn (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle English: dozen, dozein, dozeyne
      • English: dozen (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle High German: totzan, totzen

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Portuguese

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Portuguese numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: doze
    Ordinal: décimo segundo, duodécimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º
    Multiplier: duodécuplo
    Fractional: duodécimo, doze avos

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ozi
  • Hyphenation: do‧ze

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

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doze m or f

  1. twelve
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of calibre 12 (“12-gauge”).

Noun

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doze f (plural dozes)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)

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Noun

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doze f (plural dozes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of dose.

Venetan

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Noun

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doze m (plural dozi)

  1. (non-traditional) Alternative spelling of doxe (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”)

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doze f (plural doze)

  1. (non-traditional) Alternative spelling of doxe (“dose, quantity”)

Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.

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doze

  1. twelve
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