Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg. · A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer). · A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.
Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable. · Warm and comfortable.
To become snug and comfortable. · To become friendly with.
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”).
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