doozy
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doozy
- /ˈduːzi/
Rhymes with -uːzi
Where it comes from
Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively, possibly from Polish duży, but this is chronologically unlikely and not attested in period sources.
noun doozies · doozer · doozie · duesey · duesy
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Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy.
Similar: lulu
adjective doozier · dooziest · doozer · doozie · duesey · duesy
- Of high quality; remarkable; excellent. As soon as the races were billed he began to evolve Schemes — one Doozy scheme followed the other...
- Sporty, ostentatious, flashy. Who was that doozy fellow I saw you with?
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noun something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense
| Español | primor, maravilla, menuda situación, menuda cosa, asuntillo, asuntejo |
|---|---|
| Français | c'est quelque chose |
| Deutsch | Prachtexemplar, starkes Stück, Hammer |
| Русский | засада zasada |
adj extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense
| Español | menudo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | bemerkenswert, extraordinär, außergewöhnlich |
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title = {doozy},
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