daze

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See also: dążę

English

Etymology

Middle English, back-formation from dazed.

Compare 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”).

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Noun

daze (plural dazes)

  1. The state of being dazed
    He was in a daze.
  2. (mining) A glittering stone.

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Verb

daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)

  1. (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear
    Synonyms: confuse, benumb

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