muzzn.

Brit.

/mʌz/, U.S.

/məz/

Forms: 1700s–1800s muz, 1800s– muzz.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: muzz v.

Etymology: < muzz v.

slang.

†1. A person who studies hard or intently. Cf. mug n.⁵ 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student

muzz1788

sap1798

sapper1825

swot1850

mug1880

mugger1883

mugster1888

groise1913

swotter1919

swotty1929

brain-box1942

mothball1944

geek1957

achiever1960

tug1976

poindexter1981

dexter1985

1788 Trifler No. 5. 56 The diligence exercised in improving my mental abilities, brought upon me the almost indelible stigma of a Muz.

1807 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1809) XII. 305 I often wish you had been with us, though we do quiz you for a reading muz.

1899 W. K. R. Bedford Outcomes Old Oxf. 86 I don't mind memoirs, but I hate a muzz.

2. A muddle, a state of confusion. Also: muzziness; a sound, image, etc., perceived by the senses as lacking clarity or distinctness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness

undistinction1647

shadowinessa1672

indistinctness1704

obscure1787

muzz1843

fogginess1853

blur1860

blurredness1864

veiling1864

fuzziness1866

blear1868

nebulousness1878

incertitude1883

velation1922

blurriness1937

1843 W. M. Thackeray Let. 3 May (1945) II. 108 I am in such a muzz as hardly to know what to write about.

1895 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 336/2 I can't wittle a bit o' stick but mai hed is all of a muzz.

1939 V. Woolf Diary 8 Dec. (1984) V. 249 Two days in London: a great distraction; leaving my mind in a torn state, which I record, being all of a muzz.

1977 Sounds 9 July 40/1 Even in a boomy and echoey hall like Sussex University's where..every other word is lost in the muzz, Burlesque's unique brand of humour still wins through.

1998 Economist 16 May 112/2 Engineers hate muzz, and those whose job it is..fret about the muzziness of the colours produced by televisions and computer monitors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

muzzv.

Brit.

/mʌz/, U.S.

/məz/

Forms: 1700s muz, 1700s– muzz.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain: see etymological note at muzzy adj. It is possible that not all of the senses below show the same word. In sense 1 perhaps < muse v. (compare quot. ?1744 at sense 1). In sense 2 perhaps after French muser to waste time (late 12th cent.: see muse v.).

slang.

1. intransitive. To study hard or intently; to pore over. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > study diligently or hard

porec1387

muzz?1744

sap1830

bone1832

to study up1846

mug1848

grind1855

swot1860

stew1866

swank1890

groise1913

?1744 in Spectator (1939) 25 Aug. 296/2 You write, you read, you muzz or muse as you call it, till you are fitter for Bedlam often than the Pulpit.

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. lxxxv. 134 Curse that Thomas,..for ever muzzing over a musty book.

1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit i. i. 19 Indeed! This is your muzzing for a fellowship.

1815 Zeluca I. 356 To see you muzzing over a game of chess.

1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 Jan. (1946) 10 I muzzd on—I can call it little better—with Anne of Geierstein.

1902 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 3/3 To work overmuch at Eton is to ‘sap’,..at Westminster it is to ‘muzz’.

†2. intransitive. To loiter or hang about aimlessly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf

luskc1330

lubber1530

to play the truant, -s1560

lazea1592

lazy1612

meecha1625

lounge1671

saunter1672

sloungea1682

slive1707

soss1711

lolpoop1722

muzz1758

shack1787

hulkc1793

creolize1802

maroon1808

shackle1809

sidle1828

slinge1834

sossle1837

loaf1838

mike1838

to sit around1844

hawm1847

wanton1847

sozzle1848

mooch1851

slosh1854

bum1857

flane1876

slummock1877

dead-beat1881

to lop about1881

scow1901

scowbank1901

stall1916

doss1937

plotz1941

lig1960

loon1969

1758 E. Raper Jrnl. 18 Dec. in Receipt Bk. (1924) 20 Nothing but Uncles and Apothecarys, muzzed at home.

1779 F. Burney Let. 11 Jan. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 216 If You but knew..who I shall see to Night you would not dare keep me muzzing here.

1794 J. Williams Parental Didactics 18 And that high royal corps snug and sublime, Who muz majestic in the court ycleped Crane.

3. transitive. To render muzzy or confused; to befuddle. Cf. muzzle v.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > confuse, bewilder [verb (transitive)]

bewhapec1320

mara1350

blunder?a1400

mada1425

to turn a person's brainc1440

astonish1530

maskc1540

dare1547

bemud1599

bedazea1605

dizzy1604

bemist1609

muddify1647

lose1649

bafflea1657

bewildera1680

bother?1718

bemuse1734

muddlea1748

flurrya1757

muzz1786

muzzle1796

flusker1841

haze1858

bemuddle1862

jitter1932

giggle-

1786 F. Pilon He would be Soldier iv. i. 51 And a choice companion he is; only apt to get muzz'd too soon.

1788 J. Woodforde Diary 14 Jan. (1927) III. 3 He returned about 3 o'clock, quite muzzed by liquor.

1794 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday 6 When the nocturnal orgie'd muzz'd his brain.

1865 Sat. Rev. 17 June 727/1 A certain judge was in the habit of muzzing himself by plenteous libations.

1882 H. Bradshaw in G. W. Prothero Mem. (1888) viii. 259 A very heavy cold on me..muzzed my head.

1909 ‘Q’ True Tilda xx. 281 Mother says it comes of muzzing my head with books.

1973 ‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea x. 165 Drugs don't seem to have muzzed you.

Derivatives

ˈmuzzing adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > [adjective] > studying diligently or hard

poring1606

muzzing1788

1788 in Orig. Lett. Laurence Sterne xxvi. 144 My definitions are not borrowed from the common room of a College, or the dull muzzing pericranium of a word-mongering dictionary maker.

1850 R. S. Owen Let. 4 Feb. in Life (1894) I. xi. 352 At Westminster..he is in a class of very sharp and hard-working, or as he calls it, muzzing boys.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muzz
释义	muzzn. Brit. /mʌz/, U.S. /məz/ Forms: 1700s–1800s muz, 1800s– muzz. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: muzz v. Etymology: < muzz v. slang. †1. A person who studies hard or intently. Cf. mug n.⁵ 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > diligent pupil or student muzz1788 sap1798 sapper1825 swot1850 mug1880 mugger1883 mugster1888 groise1913 swotter1919 swotty1929 brain-box1942 mothball1944 geek1957 achiever1960 tug1976 poindexter1981 dexter1985 1788 Trifler No. 5. 56 The diligence exercised in improving my mental abilities, brought upon me the almost indelible stigma of a Muz. 1807 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1809) XII. 305 I often wish you had been with us, though we do quiz you for a reading muz. 1899 W. K. R. Bedford Outcomes Old Oxf. 86 I don't mind memoirs, but I hate a muzz. 2. A muddle, a state of confusion. Also: muzziness; a sound, image, etc., perceived by the senses as lacking clarity or distinctness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness undistinction1647 shadowinessa1672 indistinctness1704 obscure1787 muzz1843 fogginess1853 blur1860 blurredness1864 veiling1864 fuzziness1866 blear1868 nebulousness1878 incertitude1883 velation1922 blurriness1937 1843 W. M. Thackeray Let. 3 May (1945) II. 108 I am in such a muzz as hardly to know what to write about. 1895 Cassell's Family Mag. Apr. 336/2 I can't wittle a bit o' stick but mai hed is all of a muzz. 1939 V. Woolf Diary 8 Dec. (1984) V. 249 Two days in London: a great distraction; leaving my mind in a torn state, which I record, being all of a muzz. 1977 Sounds 9 July 40/1 Even in a boomy and echoey hall like Sussex University's where..every other word is lost in the muzz, Burlesque's unique brand of humour still wins through. 1998 Economist 16 May 112/2 Engineers hate muzz, and those whose job it is..fret about the muzziness of the colours produced by televisions and computer monitors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). muzzv. Brit. /mʌz/, U.S. /məz/ Forms: 1700s muz, 1700s– muzz. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain: see etymological note at muzzy adj. It is possible that not all of the senses below show the same word. In sense 1 perhaps < muse v. (compare quot. ?1744 at sense 1). In sense 2 perhaps after French muser to waste time (late 12th cent.: see muse v.). slang. 1. intransitive. To study hard or intently; to pore over. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > study diligently or hard porec1387 muzz?1744 sap1830 bone1832 to study up1846 mug1848 grind1855 swot1860 stew1866 swank1890 groise1913 ?1744 in Spectator (1939) 25 Aug. 296/2 You write, you read, you muzz or muse as you call it, till you are fitter for Bedlam often than the Pulpit. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. lxxxv. 134 Curse that Thomas,..for ever muzzing over a musty book. 1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit i. i. 19 Indeed! This is your muzzing for a fellowship. 1815 Zeluca I. 356 To see you muzzing over a game of chess. 1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 26 Jan. (1946) 10 I muzzd on—I can call it little better—with Anne of Geierstein. 1902 Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 3/3 To work overmuch at Eton is to ‘sap’,..at Westminster it is to ‘muzz’. †2. intransitive. To loiter or hang about aimlessly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf luskc1330 lubber1530 to play the truant, -s1560 lazea1592 lazy1612 meecha1625 lounge1671 saunter1672 sloungea1682 slive1707 soss1711 lolpoop1722 muzz1758 shack1787 hulkc1793 creolize1802 maroon1808 shackle1809 sidle1828 slinge1834 sossle1837 loaf1838 mike1838 to sit around1844 hawm1847 wanton1847 sozzle1848 mooch1851 slosh1854 bum1857 flane1876 slummock1877 dead-beat1881 to lop about1881 scow1901 scowbank1901 stall1916 doss1937 plotz1941 lig1960 loon1969 1758 E. Raper Jrnl. 18 Dec. in Receipt Bk. (1924) 20 Nothing but Uncles and Apothecarys, muzzed at home. 1779 F. Burney Let. 11 Jan. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 216 If You but knew..who I shall see to Night you would not dare keep me muzzing here. 1794 J. Williams Parental Didactics 18 And that high royal corps snug and sublime, Who muz majestic in the court ycleped Crane. 3. transitive. To render muzzy or confused; to befuddle. Cf. muzzle v.² ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > confuse, bewilder [verb (transitive)] bewhapec1320 mara1350 blunder?a1400 mada1425 to turn a person's brainc1440 astonish1530 maskc1540 dare1547 bemud1599 bedazea1605 dizzy1604 bemist1609 muddify1647 lose1649 bafflea1657 bewildera1680 bother?1718 bemuse1734 muddlea1748 flurrya1757 muzz1786 muzzle1796 flusker1841 haze1858 bemuddle1862 jitter1932 giggle- 1786 F. Pilon He would be Soldier iv. i. 51 And a choice companion he is; only apt to get muzz'd too soon. 1788 J. Woodforde Diary 14 Jan. (1927) III. 3 He returned about 3 o'clock, quite muzzed by liquor. 1794 J. Williams Shrove Tuesday 6 When the nocturnal orgie'd muzz'd his brain. 1865 Sat. Rev. 17 June 727/1 A certain judge was in the habit of muzzing himself by plenteous libations. 1882 H. Bradshaw in G. W. Prothero Mem. (1888) viii. 259 A very heavy cold on me..muzzed my head. 1909 ‘Q’ True Tilda xx. 281 Mother says it comes of muzzing my head with books. 1973 ‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea x. 165 Drugs don't seem to have muzzed you. Derivatives ˈmuzzing adj. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [adjective] > studying diligently or hard poring1606 muzzing1788 1788 in Orig. Lett. Laurence Sterne xxvi. 144 My definitions are not borrowed from the common room of a College, or the dull muzzing pericranium of a word-mongering dictionary maker. 1850 R. S. Owen Let. 4 Feb. in Life (1894) I. xi. 352 At Westminster..he is in a class of very sharp and hard-working, or as he calls it, muzzing boys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788v.?1744
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