daze
See also: dążę
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
daze (plural dazes)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the state of being dazed
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Verb edit
daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)
- (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear
Translations edit
to stun or stupefy
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References edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “daze”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.