dazed

Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).

• IPA^(key): /deɪzd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪzd

dazed (comparative more dazed, superlative most dazed)

1. In a state of shock or confusion.
   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

     The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.

2. Stunned or entranced.

dazed

1. simple past and past participle of daze

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dazen-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 91-92

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