moideredadj.
/ˈmɔɪdəd/, U.S. /ˈmɔɪdərd/, Irish English /ˈmɒɪdərd/ Chiefly Irish English and English regional (northern and midlands).
Confused, muddled, stupefied.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]
yblenta1225
amazed?c1225
wory?c1225
mingedc1275
willc1300
distracta1340
confounded1362
confuse1362
distraitc1374
whapedc1374
wilsomea1375
poseletc1390
distraught1393
perplexa1425
wildc1440
wiltc1440
dodemusydc1450
mistedc1450
unclearc1475
mazed1493
perplexeda1500
traversablea1500
mazyc1525
entangled1561
muddy?1571
distraughted1572
moidered1587
wondering1592
puzzled1598
plundered1601
distracted1604
uncollected1613
wildered1642
turbid1647
tosticated1650
fuddled1656
pixie-led1659
puzzling1692
bumbazed1720
maffled1820
obfuscated1822
confused1825
muddly1829
mystified1833
maze1842
obfusticatedc1844
head-scratching1849
clueless1862
flustery1862
befogged1868
deurmekaar1871
mosy1887
skewgee1890
buggered-up1893
confusticated1898
smock-ravelled1904
messed-up1913
screwed-up1943
hung up1945
lost1967
gravelled-
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > stupefied
astonedc1300
astonieda1375
obstupefacta1538
moidered1587
dunt1787
stupefied1790
moidering1839
punch-drunk1922
1587 A. Fraunce Lament. Amyntas ix. sig. Dv Inconstant, wandring, distracted, moydred Amyntas Rangeth alone by the rocks.
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 33 Welly Moyder'd: almost Distracted. Cheshire.
?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 26 On neaw i'r so strackt woode, I'r arronly moydert.
1796 C. Lamb Let. 17 Oct. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 52 My Grandmother..will..say no more as she used to Do, ‘Polly, what are those poor crazy moyther'd brains of yours thinkg. of always?’
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 163 After midday it would be difficult..to find a chief without the thick voice,..and the moidered manners, which prove that he is either drinking or drunk.
a1894 J. Shaw in R. Wallace Country Schoolmaster (1899) 350 Moidart, stupid.
1938 V. Fraser tr. A. Maurois Chateaubriand 28 The moidered passions of youth.
1985 B. Neil As we Forgive x. 170 The girl in the corner..who now and again gave her face a moidered swipe.., was anguished.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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