DAZZLE, DAZZLED, DAZZLING
ADJECTIVES
1500 — ADASED dazzled, stupefied, confused, dulled → obs.
1664 — QUICK dazzling, vivid, bright; said of colour
1841 — FLARY dazzling, gaudy, flashy
1900 — DAWZLED dazzled, dazed; stunned → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — DAZZLY dazzling → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MISTERN dazzled → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1676 — ÉCLAT dazzling effect, brilliancy, radiance → obs.
VERBS
1547 — DARE to dazzle and fascinate; to render helpless with the sight of something → obs.
1621 — BENIGHT to dazzle, to blind; to deprive of vision
1691 — GWILL to dazzle the eyes → Eng. dial.
1895 — RAZZLE-DAZZLE to dazzle → sl., orig US
1900 — DAURE to dazzle, to stun → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1000 — ABLEND to dazzle, to take away the sight temporarily; to blind the moral vision → obs.
1927 — KNOCK CUCKOO to dazzle an audience → US sl.