dwaal means A dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “dwaal” is a great word
DWAAL — [Noun] A dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state of mind. From Afrikaans dwaal ("a dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state"). Doublet of dwale, an archaic English term for a stupefying drink or trance. Unlike reverie, which implies a pleasant, focused daydream, or stupor, which suggests a dulled, extreme insensibility, dwaal is a lighter, more common confusion. It is the mental fog of standing in a room having forgotten what you sought, the blank gaze at a page whose words have ceased to cohere, or the gentle bewilderment of stepping from a cinema into the harsh, rearranged light of afternoon—a brief and common exile from the present tense.
noun
- A dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state“sitting here in a dwaal”