Dictionary.comWord of the Day for Monday, September 10, 2007
cozen \KUZ-un\, transitive verb:
1. To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by petty tricks.
2. To obtain by deceit.
3. To act deceitfully.
You would naturally not think so flat a rogue could cozen you. But have a care! These half idiots have a sort of cunning, as the skunk has its stench.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson, The Master of Ballantrae
Just wondering.
5 comments:
is a synonym for cozen pet-ray-us
A lovely word.
Damn, I have to do more, whaddayacallit, um... reading.
That damn distributorcap beat me to it!
I know a guy who married his cozen. Now his aunt and uncle are his mother-in-law and his father-in-law.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
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