cosier

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

cosier

1. comparative form of cosy: more cosy

Etymology 2

Compare Old French coussier (“maker of mattresses”), or couseor (“tailor”).

Noun

cosier (plural cosiers)

1. (obsolete) A cobbler.
   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Do you make an alehouse of my lady’s house, that you squeak out your coziers' catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice?

References

• “cosier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Cerios, Croesi, Crœsi, Recios, cories, croise, croisé, scorie