Re: [tied] Re: Wuz

At 8:11:05 AM on Tuesday, July 13, 2004, tgpedersen wrote:

> 'woozy' is known only to the American dictionaries, not to
> the English ones, so (by your logic) it can't be related
> to English 'ooze', but must be Arapaho, Chippewa or Sioux.

I'm intrigued to learn that the OED is an American
dictionary.

The <woozy> 'vochtig' noted by Verdam isn't the American
<woozy> 'dazed or confused; dizzy or queasy', which actually
is in the OED; it's a variant of <oozy>, from OE <wo:sig>
'juicy, moist'. The OED s.vv. <oozy>, <ooze> notes many
<w-> variants.

Brian