puzzledadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌzld/, U.S.

/ˈpəzəld/

Forms: see puzzle v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puzzle v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < puzzle v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Of a person, the mind, etc.: confused, perplexed; having difficulty finding a solution or understanding something. Also of a face, state of mind, etc.: evincing or arising from puzzlement.

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-

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 29 Those that go without..forecast of such successes & casualties as may befall, do in the very action find themselues puzzeled, amazed, and at their wits end.

1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London ii. sig. G2 Attorneys were very busie..running vp and downe from one rancke to another expressing a kinde of puzled and dizzie distraction.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iv. 17 Coyned by Schoole-men, and pusled Philosophers.

1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 18. ⁋5 As ridiculously puzzled..as a man that counts the stones on Salisbury-plain, which can never be settled to any certain number.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. i. 7 That perplexed vacuity of eye which puzzled souls generally stare with.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlvii. 513 Then Mr. Ben Allen, turning with a puzzled countenance to Mr. Pickwick, asked him what he was about to say.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. ii. 39 There came across his face a puzzled, dubious look.

1915 F. Hodgson Burnett Lost Prince xxiii. 231 She passed her hand over her face as though she were sweeping away the sudden puzzled trouble in her expression.

1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding vii. 180 Desmond Doyle and Nico Palazzo exchanged puzzled looks.

2006 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 11 July (Metro) 1 Officials..tried Monday to help puzzled parents make sense of things.

†2. That has been made puzzling; complicated, intricate; tangled. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective] > specifically of fibres

matted1583

puzzled1659

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective]

nice?a1500

plaited1532

intricablea1540

unsimple?1541

entangled1561

intrinsicate1562

Gordian1606

involved1643

complexed1646

contortuplicated1648

complicated1656

puzzled1659

involute1669

complicatea1687

complex1715

woofed1820

snaggled1896

non-transparent1939

complexified1962

1659 G. Goddard Diary 8 Feb. in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 130 It was but a puzzled nomination, and that very dark and imperfect.

a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) III. 167 Like a puzzled lump of silk, so that the man cannot draw out a thought to any length.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 145 They disentangle from the puzzled skein, In which obscurity has wrapp'd them up, The threads of politic and shrewd design.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 297 Their puzzled situation, under two sovereigns, over neither of whom they have any influence.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. xii. 259 I demanded a second opinion of—another person about whom I had my conjectures; though they were the most tangled and puzzled conjectures in the world.

Derivatives

ˈpuzzledly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adverb]

confusedly1502

amazedly1561

out1585

perplexedly1587

distractedly1608

muddily1648

confoundedly1672

turbidly1728

puzzledly1870

unclearly1875

muddledly1914

distraughtly1926

wuzzily1964

1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 182 Her eyes..meet his, looking at her curiously, interestedly, puzzledly.

1951 D. Knight Turning On (1967) 144 He peered at Mazurin puzzledly. ‘Is that what you're for?’

1964 Economist 10 Oct. 114/1 They puzzledly ask what the issues..really are.

2000 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 June (Mag.) 10 His wife..talks about how she slowly, puzzledly and then delightedly became accustomed to his ways.

ˈpuzzledness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]

mingingOE

riddleOE

cumbermentc1300

willa1325

encumbrancec1330

were1338

perplexitya1393

discomfiturea1425

cumbrancec1460

confuse1483

proplexity1487

perplexion?c1500

amazedness?1520

amazement1553

subversion1558

amaze?1560

perplexednessa1586

confusedness1587

puzzle1599

confusion1600

mizmaze1604

discomfita1616

embarras1627

obfuscation1628

mystery1629

confoundedness1641

puzzledness1662

confuseness1710

puzzlement1731

puzzledom1748

embarrassment1751

puzzleation1767

bepuzzlement1806

conjecture1815

mystification1817

bewilderment1819

perplexment1826

fuddle1827

wilderment1830

discomforture1832

head-scratching1832

baffle1843

posement1850

muddlement1857

turbidity1868

fogging1878

bemuddlement1884

harl1889

befuddlement1905

turbidness1906

wuzziness1942

perplexability1999

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun]

intricatenessa1586

perplexednessa1586

involution1611

mixture1614

complicateness1656

puzzledness1662

complexedness1690

complexation1707

complexness1727

complexity1790

complication1793

complicacy18..

complicatedness1818

complicity1847

involvedness1867

multiplexity1938

1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) App. iii. 149 (heading) in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Several Instances of the puzzledness of Phansy in the firm conclusions of Sense, and of Reason.

1935 Theology 31 152 The first thing which strikes a simple reader is the apparent puzzledness of the accounts in the three Gospels.

1997 Contemp. Lit. 38 364 The dead father's face is almost a throwaway, in the midst of the narrator's puzzledness concerning the beauty of a photograph.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puzzled
释义	puzzledadj. Brit. /ˈpʌzld/, U.S. /ˈpəzəld/ Forms: see puzzle v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puzzle v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < puzzle v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Of a person, the mind, etc.: confused, perplexed; having difficulty finding a solution or understanding something. Also of a face, state of mind, etc.: evincing or arising from puzzlement. 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- 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 29 Those that go without..forecast of such successes & casualties as may befall, do in the very action find themselues puzzeled, amazed, and at their wits end. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London ii. sig. G2 Attorneys were very busie..running vp and downe from one rancke to another expressing a kinde of puzled and dizzie distraction. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iv. 17 Coyned by Schoole-men, and pusled Philosophers. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 18. ⁋5 As ridiculously puzzled..as a man that counts the stones on Salisbury-plain, which can never be settled to any certain number. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. i. 7 That perplexed vacuity of eye which puzzled souls generally stare with. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlvii. 513 Then Mr. Ben Allen, turning with a puzzled countenance to Mr. Pickwick, asked him what he was about to say. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate III. ii. 39 There came across his face a puzzled, dubious look. 1915 F. Hodgson Burnett Lost Prince xxiii. 231 She passed her hand over her face as though she were sweeping away the sudden puzzled trouble in her expression. 1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding vii. 180 Desmond Doyle and Nico Palazzo exchanged puzzled looks. 2006 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 11 July (Metro) 1 Officials..tried Monday to help puzzled parents make sense of things. †2. That has been made puzzling; complicated, intricate; tangled. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective] > specifically of fibres matted1583 puzzled1659 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective] nice?a1500 plaited1532 intricablea1540 unsimple?1541 entangled1561 intrinsicate1562 Gordian1606 involved1643 complexed1646 contortuplicated1648 complicated1656 puzzled1659 involute1669 complicatea1687 complex1715 woofed1820 snaggled1896 non-transparent1939 complexified1962 1659 G. Goddard Diary 8 Feb. in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 130 It was but a puzzled nomination, and that very dark and imperfect. a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) III. 167 Like a puzzled lump of silk, so that the man cannot draw out a thought to any length. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 145 They disentangle from the puzzled skein, In which obscurity has wrapp'd them up, The threads of politic and shrewd design. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 297 Their puzzled situation, under two sovereigns, over neither of whom they have any influence. View more context for this quotation 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. xii. 259 I demanded a second opinion of—another person about whom I had my conjectures; though they were the most tangled and puzzled conjectures in the world. Derivatives ˈpuzzledly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adverb] confusedly1502 amazedly1561 out1585 perplexedly1587 distractedly1608 muddily1648 confoundedly1672 turbidly1728 puzzledly1870 unclearly1875 muddledly1914 distraughtly1926 wuzzily1964 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 182 Her eyes..meet his, looking at her curiously, interestedly, puzzledly. 1951 D. Knight Turning On (1967) 144 He peered at Mazurin puzzledly. ‘Is that what you're for?’ 1964 Economist 10 Oct. 114/1 They puzzledly ask what the issues..really are. 2000 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 June (Mag.) 10 His wife..talks about how she slowly, puzzledly and then delightedly became accustomed to his ways. ˈpuzzledness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun] intricatenessa1586 perplexednessa1586 involution1611 mixture1614 complicateness1656 puzzledness1662 complexedness1690 complexation1707 complexness1727 complexity1790 complication1793 complicacy18.. complicatedness1818 complicity1847 involvedness1867 multiplexity1938 1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) App. iii. 149 (heading) in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Several Instances of the puzzledness of Phansy in the firm conclusions of Sense, and of Reason. 1935 Theology 31 152 The first thing which strikes a simple reader is the apparent puzzledness of the accounts in the three Gospels. 1997 Contemp. Lit. 38 364 The dead father's face is almost a throwaway, in the midst of the narrator's puzzledness concerning the beauty of a photograph. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598
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