Cosy Meaning
/ˈkəʊzi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAffording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.
adjWarm and comfortable.
Sentence Examples
Your house looks so cosy.
It is very cosy here.
Tom's cosy living room is full of bookcases.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The family gathered in the ____ living room by the fireplace.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Your house looks so ____.
Word Origin & History
From Scots cosie, from Old Scots colsie, but ultimate derivation is unknown. Possibly 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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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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CEFR Practice Quiz
The family gathered in the ____ living room by the fireplace.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Your house looks so ____.