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bewilderment|bɪˈwɪldəmənt|
[f. bewilder + -ment.]
The state or condition of bewildering or being bewildered: a. Confusion arising from losing one's way; mental confusion from inability to grasp or see one's way through a maze or tangle of impressions or ideas.
1820Irving Sketch Bk. I. 85 In the midst of his bewilderment. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 13 Thought was arrested by utter bewilderment.
b. A tangled or labyrinthine condition of objects, an inextricable confusion or medley.
1844Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 109 The entangled bewilderment of oak and pine, birch and hazel. 1884Black Jud. Shaks. xxxi, What a bewilderment of light and color met her eyes! |