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General Category => Words => Topic started by: Morbius on November 07, 2021, 09:59:19 PM
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Found by only 15 of 312 players in the recent RECOGNIZED puzzle. It's certainly not common to me. I'd suggest reclassification might be in order.
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Was just about to post the same sentiments. Apparently it means to become cozy, or to cheat.
Either way it sure ain’t common to me!
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Missed that word too. Never heard of it.
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I’m familiar with it but only because I studied literature eg Jonson’s The Alchemist. Understand that may be a bit niche … it’s a fine word though!
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I agree this is quite a rare word. The online Oxford labels it as literary, but other dictionaries generally have no usage note.
Mostly it is used to mean cheat or defraud. A fairly recent, non-literary, use was in an opinion piece by Nick Cohen in the Guardian in February this year:
The Sun and much of the rightwing press would rather tell us fairy stories with happy-ever-after endings than admit their mistake in selling Brexit to their cozened readers.
I'll change cozened and cozening to rare status. Cozen has always been rare.
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Good thinking and thank you!