daze

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For a long time I lay very sick in a kind of daze, and, on rising, found two of the dogs dead, and all very queer.

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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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  • Olpey has gone into a daze, and Carlmin is not much better. —  Legends II
  • We wandered around the place in a daze, afraid to look at one another in case we should burst out laughing; until now, we had lived crammed into a city apartment, with twin six-year-old sons and a new baby. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 01 - July 1997
  • But it is all in a sort of daze, and you're not really getting through. —  BETTER TO HAVE LOVED
  • He was in a daze, and he started when he heard the telephone ring. —  Maigret and the Nahour Case - Georges Simenon - 93: 1966
  • Claire just stumbled around in a daze, and Crawford didn't think it was caused by her admittedly heavy drinking. —  Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard
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numb ·  speechless ·  helpless ·  breathless ·  unable ·  uneasy ·  wide-eyed ·  weary ·  dizzy ·  sleepy ·  incredulous ·  dejected

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daze:   dazed
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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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