daze
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daze
- /deɪz/
Sounds like days · Rhymes with -eɪz
Where it comes from
From Middle English, back-formation from dazed.
Compare Old Norse 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”).
noun dazes
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The state of being dazed
He was in a daze.
Similar: spin
- A glittering stone.
Translations
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noun the state of being dazed
| Español | aturdimiento |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | विस्मय vismay, आश्चर्य āścarya |
| Português | aturdimento, atordoamento |
| Français | stupéfaction |
| Deutsch | Benommenheit |
| Italiano | trasognamento |
| Română | uluire, stupefacție, stupoare |
| Русский | ошеломле́ние ošelomlénije, изумле́ние izumlénije, оцепене́ние ocepenénije |
noun a glittering stone
| Русский | слюда́ sljudá |
|---|
verb to stun or stupefy
| Español | aturdir, encandilar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 間誤付かせる migotsukaseru |
| 中文 | 使茫然 shǐ mángrán, 使發昏 /使发昏 shǐ fāhūn |
| हिन्दी | अचरज acraj |
| Português | ofuscar, aturdir, atordoar |
| Français | étourdir, abasourdir |
| Deutsch | betäuben |
| Italiano | stordire |
| Română | ului, stupefia, zăpăci |
| Русский | ошеломля́ть ošelomljátʹ, ошеломи́ть ošelomítʹ, изумля́ть izumljátʹ, изуми́ть izumítʹ |
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