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cozen¹

  • /ˈkəʊzən/ UK
  • /ˈkoʊzən/ US

Rhymes with -əʊzən

Where it comes from

From coz(y) + -en.

verb cozens · cozening · cozened

  1. intransitive To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with. "As I see it, Master Fraser, a 'bairn' ought to be verra concerned when a mon thrice her age cozens up to her."

cozen²

  • /ˈkʌzən/

Sounds like cousin · Rhymes with -ʌzən

Where it comes from

Perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare (“to cheat”), from cozzone (“middleman, broker”), from Latin cōciō (“dealer”).

verb cozens · cozening · cozened · coosen · coosin

  1. archaic To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. […] good Vulcan, for Cupids sake that hath cousned us all: befriend us as thou maiest […]

    Similar: beguile, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, lead astray

Cozen³

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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verb archaic: to cheat, defraud

Русскийнадува́ть naduvátʹ, моро́чить moróčitʹ, обма́нывать obmányvatʹ

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@misc{cozen_2026,
  title = {cozen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cozen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}