doozy
/ˈduːzi/noun, adjective
doozy is spelled D-O-O-Z-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doozy means “Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doozy is doozies.
How many letters and syllables are in doozy?
| Letters | 5: D-O-O-Z-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is doozy?
Doozy appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce doozy?
- /ˈduːzi/
Doozy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-doozy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doozy
- doozies plural
- doozer
- doozie
- duesey
- duesy
- doozier comparative
- dooziest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doozy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UScolloquialSomething that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.
Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy.
adjective
- 1
USdatedslangOf high quality; remarkable; excellent.
- 2
USdatedslangSporty, ostentatious, flashy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doozy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | c'est quelque chose |
| German | Prachtexemplar, starkes Stück, Hammer , bemerkenswert, extraordinär, außergewöhnlich |
| Spanish | primor, maravilla, menuda situación, menuda cosa, asuntillo, asuntejo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does doozy come from?
Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively, possibly from Polish duży, but this is chronologically unlikely and not attested in period sources.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).