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Jul 17, 2012
This week's theme
Short words

This week's words
fey
coze
fisc
cote
purl

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with Anu Garg

coze or cose

PRONUNCIATION:
(kohz)

MEANING:
verb intr.: To converse in a friendly manner.
noun: A friendly talk.

ETYMOLOGY:
From French causer (to chat), from Latin causari (to plead, discuss), from causa (case, cause). Earliest documented use: 1814.

USAGE:
"She darted a look to the two women cozing over tea."
Patricia Rice; The Wicked Wyckerly; Signet; 2010.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. -Carl Jung, psychiatrist (1875-1961)

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