Word of the Day

Dazzle

August 24, 2019

daz-zle / ˈdazəl

 

verb   to cause to lose vision momentarily, typically due to looking at a bright light Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in. Augustus William Hare, 1792-1834   to astonish or impress greatly If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull. C. Fields, 1880-1946   to shine brilliantly The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind. Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886   noun   an act or instance of shining brilliantly You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment in your life. from ‘Leaves of Grass’ by Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
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