dazed

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old Norse dasathr (“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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɪzd/

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• Rhymes: -eɪzd

Adjective

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.

Translations

in a state of shock or confusion

• Catalan: estabornit
• Dutch: verbouwereerd (nl)
• Finnish: pökertynyt, tyrmätty (fi), pökerryksissä
• French: abasourdi (fr)
• Galician: choucho
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• German: verwirrt (de), wirr (de), durcheinander (de), konfus (de)
• Italian: basito (it), stupefatto (it), scioccato (it), sbalordito (it)
• Latin: attonitus
• Maori: pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha
• Portuguese: confuso (pt), atordoado (pt)
• Russian: изумлённый (ru) (izumljónnyj)
• Spanish: en estado de shock, en estado de confusión, atolondrado (es), aturullado (es)

stunned

• Asturian: ablucáu
• Bulgarian: зашеметен (bg) (zašemeten)
• Catalan: atordit (ca)
• Finnish: pökertynyt, tyrmätty (fi), pökerryksissä
• German: verblüfft (de), betäubt (de), benommen (de), verdutzt (de), sprachlos (de), bestürzt (de), überwältigt (de), fassungslos (de)
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• Latin: attonitus
• Maori: pōro
• Russian: ошеломлённый (ru) (ošelomljónnyj)
• Spanish: asombrado (es), atolondrado (es)

Verb

dazed

1. simple past and past participle of daze

References

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

Anagrams

• adzed