muzzinessn.
/ˈmʌzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈməzinᵻs/ The condition or state of being muzzy; the quality of lacking clarity or definition; vagueness; confusion; an instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [noun]
fogginess1648
unconnectedness1772
puzzle-patedness1799
botherheadedness1814
muzziness1814
addlement1825
addle-headedness1835
muddleheadedness1839
woolliness1856
puzzleheadedness1858
harl1889
wooziness1924
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [noun] > confusion, bewilderment
astonishment1594
fluskering1660
amusement1663
fuzz1711
disconcertedness1752
disconcertion1754
disconcertment1759
bedazzlement1806
muzziness1814
bewilderment1819
flurrification1822
bedazement1888
disorientation1902
bemusement1907
1814 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 37 You must excuse the muzziness you may have detected throughout this epistle.
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal I. Advt. p. ii The intellectual muzziness of the past.
1847 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 23 553 A slight feeling of muzziness in the head.
1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 416 An abiding..muzziness..inspired with..strong..ale.
1899 A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson I. iv. 129 He used to speak..of the muzziness of head that this [sc. quinine]..had produced in him.
1929 S. Lewis Dodsworth xv. 139 He managed to add the muzziness of a Laurencin to the photography of a Sargent, he made his women look rich, and all alike.
1973 L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters viii. 130 A feeling of stuffiness had given way to a muzziness so heavy that she wasn't quite sure what was happening.
1998 Economist 16 May 112/2 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).
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