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puzzled, ppl. a.|ˈpʌz(ə)ld|
[f. puzzle v. + -ed1.]
a. Of a person, the mind, head, etc.: Nonplussed, bewildered, confused; perplexed to find a solution.
b. Of a thing: Made puzzling; involved, complicated, intricate; † tangled (obs.).
1651Hobbes Leviath. i. iv. 17 Coyned by Schoole-men, and pusled Philosophers. 1656–9Burton's Diary (1828) III. 130 note, If there were any, it was but a puzzled nomination, and that very dark and imperfect. a1694Tillotson Serm. (1742) III. 167 Like a puzzled lump of silk, so that the man cannot draw out a thought to any length. 1784Cowper Task iii. 145 They disentangle from the puzzled skein, In which obscurity has wrapp'd them up, The threads of politic and shrewd design. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 297 Their puzzled situation, under two sovereigns, over neither of whom they have any influence. 1865Trollope Belton Est. xxiv, There came across his face a puzzled, dubious look.
Hence ˈpuzzledly adv., ˈpuzzledness.
1655H. More Antid. Ath. App. iii. Summ. (1662) 6 Several instances of the puzzledness of Phansy in the firm conclusions of Sense, and of Reason. 1870R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 182 Her eyes..meet his, looking at her curiously, interestedly, puzzledly. 1935Theology XXXI. 152 The first thing which strikes a simple reader is the apparent puzzledness of the accounts in the three Gospels. 1951D. Knight Turning On (1967) 144 He peered at Mazurin puzzledly. ‘Is that what you're for?’ 1964Economist 10 Oct. 114/1 They puzzledly ask what the issues..really are. 1975J. Grady Shadow of Condor (1976) xvi. 251 Captain Roe looked at his executive officer puzzledly. |