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Dazzle
//ˈdæzəl// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A light of dazzling brilliancy. countable, uncountable
- 2 brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily wordnet
- 3 Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly. countable, figuratively, uncountable
- 4 A herd of zebra. collective, countable, uncommon, uncountable
"We were trying to stalk a dazzle of zebra which flashed in and out of a long strip of green and yellow fever trees, with an ostrich, its feathers flared like a ballet skirt around its dancing legs, on their flank, when suddenly […]"
- 5 Dazzle camouflage. uncountable
Verb
- 1 To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness. transitive
"Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street."
- 2 amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill wordnet
- 3 To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance. figuratively, transitive
"The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments."
- 4 to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light wordnet
- 5 To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. intransitive
"For we see, that an over-light maketh the Eyes dazel, insomuch as perpetual looking against the Sun, would cause blindness."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From daze + -le, a frequentative form.
Etymology 2
From daze + -le, a frequentative form.
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