daze

Perhaps from Old Norse *dasa. Compare dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”)

Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

• IPA^(key): /deɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz

• Homophone: days

daze (plural dazes)

1. The state of being dazed

   He was in a daze.

2. (mining) A glittering stone.

daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)

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

   Synonyms: confuse, benumb

• “daze” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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