daze

Meanings

Noun

  • The state of being dazed
  • A glittering stone.

Verb

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

Origin

  • Middle English, back-formation from dazed, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse *dasa, dasathr. Compare dasask, with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa ("lie idly"), and Icelandic dasask ("to make weary with cold").
  • Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen ("act silly").

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