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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cozy \Co"zy\, noun [See {Cozy},a.] A wadded covering, often decorative, for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot. Also called {tea cozy} [1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cozy \Co"zy\ (k?"z?), adjective [Compar. {Cozier} (-z?-?r); superl. {Coziest}.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.]
1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also {cosey} and {cosy}.]
2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cozy
adjective
1: enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space; "a cozy nook near the fire"; "snug in bed"; "a snug little apartment" [syn: {cosy}, {snug}]
2: having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [syn: {intimate}, {informal}]
3: suggesting connivance; "a cozy arrangement with the police"
noun: a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm [syn: {cosy}, {tea cosy}, {cosey}, {tea cosey}, {tea cozy}, {cozey}, {tea cozey}, {cozie}, {tea cozie}] [also: {coziest}, {cozier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "cozy": airworthy, buddy-buddy, charmed, chatty, cheerful, chitchatty, chummy, colloquial, comfortable, comfy, commodious, communicative, confabulatory, content, contented, convenient, conversational, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, delighted, easeful, easy, eupeptic, euphoric, exhilarated, familiar, favorably impressed with, friendly, glad, gladsome, gratified, homelike, homely, homey, homish, in clover, interlocutory, intimate, intrigued, lived-in, luxurious, pally, palsy-walsy, peaceful, plain, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, relaxing, reposeful, restful, roomy, safe, satisfied, sea-kindly, seaworthy, secure, simple, snug, soft, sold on, taken with, tete-a-tete, thrilled, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, unpretending, warm
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