dazzlementn.
/ˈdaz(ə)lmənt/ 1. The act of dazzling; a cause of dazzling.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > glare or dazzle
glarec1540
overlight1626
dazzlement1633
dazzle1651
fulgurance1652
glaringness1664
glaring1669
mizmaze1814
bray1929
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 55 It beate backe the sight with a dazlement.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. ii. vi. 71 Confused darkness, broken by bewildering dazzlements.
1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 289 Many holes, drilled in the conical turret-roof of this vagabond Pharos, let up spouts of dazzlement into the bearer's eyes.
2. The fact or condition of being dazzled.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > state of physical stupefaction
dazedness1340
excessa1387
stupora1398
stupefaction?a1425
dazingc1522
damp1542
daziness1554
dazzling1581
stupidity1603
stupidity?1615
stupidness1619
stupification1650
dream1717
dazzlement1841
daze1855
dazement1855
lull1856
mazement1901
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 302 The blinkard dazzlement and staggerings to and fro of a man sent on an errand he is too weak for.
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