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daze

noun, verb — 3 senses

daze

noun

/deɪz/

Etymology From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

1

The state of being dazed

  • He was in a daze.
2

Business, Mining A glittering stone.

Derived terms
blue daze

daze

verb

Etymology From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

1

To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.

  • Near-synonyms: confuse, benumb
Derived terms
adaze, bedaze, dazen, dazingly, dazy, dazzle

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