adoze

[ uh-dohz ]

adverb

1. dozing; napping:

   a cat adoze by the fireside.

Word History and Origins

Origin of adoze¹

First recorded in 1845–50; a- ¹ + doze ¹

Example Sentences

Cricket was about the one thing he really cared for; as a chemistry specialist he spent most of his day adoze in the laboratory.

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I again fell adoze for half an hour, and was awakened by my brother suddenly coming in and saying: Ah!

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So, hitching my chair up to the oaken table, I made a pillow of my fettered wrists and presently fell adoze.

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Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen adoze and adream?

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