单词 | mazing |
释义 | mazingn. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > act of causing wonder amazing1530 mazing1583 overwhelm1596 stun1727 zapping1972 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. P4 What musings and mazinges there were in the Church,..I will not recite. 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. F1 Sweeping they came, and seemd to brush the ground, Their tipto-tripping pace bred double mazing, Their ratling silkes my senses did confound. 2. The action of following a winding course, as if in a maze. ΚΠ 1991 C. Barker Imajica iv. 30 The mazing didn't stop there. They made another turn, and another, bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mazingadj. That causes confusion, bewilderment, perplexity, or amazement. Also: labyrinthine; winding like a maze. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [adjective] maskinga1387 maskeringc1400 mazingc1449 mazefula1586 perplexing1585 distraughtful1594 confounding1595 confusive1611 perplexful1618 distracting1632 distractive1633 perplexivea1637 obstupefying1660 perplexitivea1665 posing1666 distractious1667 nonplussing1670 umbraging1683 gravelling1686 embarrassing1691 wildering1742 distractful1746 staggering1769 baffling1783 bewildering1792 head-scratching1827 mystifyingc1827 mystificatory1830 riddlesome1843 confusing1846 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 230 (MED) He schal ful ofte bi masing studie be ful idil, whanne he myȝte be weel and fruytfulli occupied. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lviii. 30 This ant..Hath cast manie masing mists before your iyse. 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood vi. v. 132 Clewes, to guide us out of these mazing Labyrinths. 1712 S. Cobb tr. C. Quillet Callipædia iv. 8 That innate Reason, we so greatly boast, Is oft by Ignorance dull'd, by Passion crost, In winding Doubts, and mazing Errors lost. 1833 Philol. Museum 2 442 The mazing and dazzling power of a rich system of harmonies. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. (at cited word) It's mazin wather. 1960 O. Manning Great Fortune xiv. 165 Nothing to be seen but the mazing, down-soft drift of snow. 1961 D. Levertov Jacob's Ladder 16 Two flutes! How close To each other they move In mazing figures, Never touching, never Breaking the measure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583adj.c1449 |
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