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").