cosy

comparative cosier · superlative cosiest · alternative US cozy · alternative Scotland cosie · alternative archaic cosey · alternative archaic cozey · alternative archaic cozie

1. UKAffording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.

   One of us must marry well; Meg didn't, Jo won't, Beth can't, yet,—so I shall, and make everything cosy all round.

   1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Our Foreign Correspondent”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 120

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   Mr. Pickwick expressed the pleasure it would afford him to meet the medical fellows; and Mr. Bob Sawyer had informed him that he meant to be very cosey, and that his friend Ben was to be one of the party, they shook hands and separated

   1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “How the Pickwickians Made and Cultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple of Nice Young Men Belonging to One of the Liberal Professions; […]”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC, page 315

   Synonyms: snug, hygge, homely

2. UKWarm and comfortable.

   I feel very cosy here in my bed.

   Synonyms: snug, snug as a bug in a rug

plural cosies · alternative US cozy · alternative Scotland cosie · alternative archaic cosey · alternative archaic cozey · alternative archaic cozie

1. UKA padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.
2. UKA padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
3. UKA 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.

present singular third person cosies · participle present cosying · participle past cosied · past cosied · alternative US cozy · alternative Scotland cosie · alternative archaic cosey · alternative archaic cozey · alternative archaic cozie

1. UKTo become snug and comfortable.
2. UKTo become friendly with.

   He spent all day cosying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.