English Explanatory Dictionary

tozy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Slightly intoxicated; tipsy.

Word forms

tozy more tozy most tozy tosie tosy

Etymology

Unclear. Various dictionaries mention an old dialectal word tozy, tosy meaning "cosy, cozy", which may be from toze, tose + -y, but it is not clear if this is related to the "intoxicated" sense.

Related words

tozy-mozy
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