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dazed

Pronunciation: /deɪzd/

The English word “dazed” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. In a state of shock or confusion.
  2. Stunned or entranced.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).

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