daze

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Yves went out in a daze, the soft, feline voice pursuing him until he had closed the door between.

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  1. transitive verb To stun, as with a heavy blow or shock; stupefy.
  2. transitive verb To dazzle, as with strong light.
  3. noun A stunned or bewildered condition.
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  • Vanyel made the long trudge in a half-daze, thinking only how good the hot water would feel. —  Magic's Promise
  • I listened to all this in a daze, and then Canning was passing something to Campbell, and he was coming up to me, glowering under his brows, and harrumphing. —  Flashman In The Great Game
  • In a sort of daze, the boy heard his name and turned to it. —  The Mad Ship
  • Yves went out in a daze, the soft, feline voice pursuing him until he had closed the door between. —  A River So Long
  • "And we both managed to make it complicated." —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English dasen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse dasask, to become weary.

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  1. Early modern English also dase, Scots also spelled daise, daize; from Middle English dasen, stupefy, intransitive be stupefied (different from, but apparently in part confused with, daswen, dasewen, become dark or dim), from Icelandic *dasa, reflex. dasask, become weary or exhausted, literally daze one's self, = Danish dase = Swedish dasa, lie idle. Connection with doze doubtful: see doze. See also dare. Hence freq. dazzle. Cf. dasiberd, dastard.
 

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