befogv.
/bɪˈfɒɡ/ transitive. To envelope in fog; figurative to obscure, confuse.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > render obscure [verb (transitive)]
cloud1548
denigrate1583
befog1601
brangle1608
diffuse1608
bedim1816
obfusticate1834
fuzz1907
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 281 You are altogether befogd and benighted in this question.
1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 134 What time that popish mist had befogged the eyes of our poore people.
1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxv. 222 The wine and wassail..befogged his senses.
1879 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 695 He befogs the whole matter with a cloud of abuse.
Derivatives
befogged adj.
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 world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > foggy > enveloped in fog
befogged1868
1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer II. 13 The pale, faintly befogged moon overhead.
1882 Standard 6 Oct. 2/1 A benighted or befogged wayfarer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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