bemazedadj.
/bɪˈmeɪzd/ Stupefied, bewildered. (Cf. amaze v.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective]
bemazed?c1225
madc1300
maskedc1300
marreda1375
astoniedc1386
adasedc1450
astonished1513
moping1566
bewandered1574
dizzy1579
westy1598
night-wildered1652
disconcerted1686
muzzy1723
flustered1743
bewildered1760
flurried1775
muddled1790
thought-bewildered1796
bedazzled1805
muggy1824
mused1842
moony1847
beflustered1864
bemused1880
snarled1881
bedazed1882
bemuddled1883
disoriented1957
disorientated1959
wifty1973
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 198 Isboseth on ebreisch is mon bi mased an englisch.
a1400 Chester Pl. ii. 93 And lefte us lyinge..Al bemased in a soune.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 848 Intellects bemaz'd in endless doubts.
1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook xxvi. 311 Staniford stood bemazed, though he knew enough to take the hand she yielded him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adj.?c1225