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daze

Pronunciation: /deɪz/

The English word “daze” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The state of being dazed
  2. A glittering stone.

verb

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

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”).

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