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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

daze

/deɪz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
daze
IPA
/deɪz/
14
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being dazed

noun

A glittering stone.

verb

To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, *dusāną, dasen

Usage

Inflected Forms

dazes (plural) dazes (present, singular) dazing (participle, present) dazed (participle, past) dazed (past)

Derived Forms

adaze bedaze dazen dazingly dazy dazzle

Phrases

blue daze

Frequently Paired Words

dazzle blind

Synonyms

spin confuse benumb fog haze shock stupor stun bedaze

Homonyms

days dayes

Rhymes With

days ways plays raise phase praise phrase pays stays essays displays rays

Questions

How do you pronounce daze?
The recorded pronunciation is /deɪz/.
What does daze mean?
The state of being dazed
Where does daze come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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