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单词 mystified
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mystifiedadj.

Brit. /ˈmɪstᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmɪstəˌfaɪd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mystify v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < mystify v. + -ed suffix1. Compare slightly later mistified adj.
1. Imbued with mystery; made obscure or confusing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adjective] > made obscure
mystified1821
1821 J. F. Cooper Spy II. ix. 138 To say the truth, Harvey was a mystified body, and he was like the winds in the good book—no one could tell whence he came or whither he went.
1845 J. C. Mangan Anthologia Germanica II. 28 All the philosopher-scribes of all ages Join..on one point to anchor us. Here is the gist of their mystified pages.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 182 The intentionally mystified language of the Biographer.
2. Bewildered, puzzled, perplexed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct
dimc1000
blinda1398
undistingued1398
obscure?a1450
undistinct1495
shadowed1588
undistinguishable1600
shady1626
blear1637
filmed1637
indistinguishable1642
crepusculous1646
adumbrated1650
oblite1650
faint1660
monogrammous1678
blurred1701
faintish1712
wispya1717
adumbrant1727
muzzy1744
indistinct1764
fuzzy1778
misty1797
shadowy1797
undistinguished1814
woolly1815
vague1822
furzy1825
mystified1833
slurred1843
feeble1860
smudginga1861
filmy1864
smudgy1865
blurry1884
slurry1937
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
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1833 T. S. Fay Crayon Sketches 74 As for attempting, if you get once mystified, to distinguish one street from another, it is ridiculous to think of such a thing.
1863 Confessions of Ticket-of-Leave Man 142 Having..slipped a couple of sovereigns into the hand of the bewildered and mystified Sergeant Jobson.
1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. iv. 414 Her suspicious, mystified stare cleared slowly.
1987 N. Hartley Swagger on our Doorstep 148 I am mystified as to know how my parents achieved such stylish comfort in the early 1930s on their share of the cream cheque.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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