daze

B1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /deɪz/ See IPA manual

Homophones

dey's /deɪz/

Freq #24846

Meanings

1

noun
A state of being confused and unable to think clearly.

After the accident, he wandered around in a daze.
2

verb
To make someone confused or unable to think clearly, often by a shock or blow.

The fall dazed her for a few moments.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 noun · a state of being confused... stupor fog

2 verb · to make someone confused or... stun benumb

Word family

Forms dazesdazing

Simplified etymology

Daze was formed from dazed, which derives from Old Norse dasathr “weary.” Its earliest English sense may have been “benumbed with cold,” from which the senses “confused” or “unable to operate normally” could have developed.

Etymology

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”).

*dusāną Proto-Germanic dasen Middle Dutch

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# daze

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /deɪz/
**Frequency rank:** 24846

## Meanings
1. A state of being confused and unable to think clearly.
2. To make someone confused or unable to think clearly, often by a shock or blow.

## Examples
- After the accident, he wandered around in a daze.
- The fall dazed her for a few moments.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dusāną
- Root: dasen

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
daze comes 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”). The historical chain includes Proto-Germanic *dusāną, Middle Dutch dasen. Current senses include A state of being confused and unable to think clearly and to make someone confused or unable to think clearly, often by a shock or blow.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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