Dozed

/doʊzd/ verb

To sleep lightly or briefly, or to be in a state of light sleep; past tense of 'doze.'

From Dutch dozen or possibly Scandinavian dusa meaning 'to sleep lightly.' The word appeared in English around the 1600s and specifically refers to shallow, intermittent sleep.

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