bewilderv.

/bɪˈwɪldə/

Etymology: < be- prefix 2 + wilder v., to lead one astray, (reflexive) to stray, to wander (found 1613 and common in 17th cent.).

1. literal. ‘To lose in pathless places, to confound for want of a plain road’ (Johnson). archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > lose (the way) > cause to lose one's way or go astray

wilder1613

bewilder1685

wander1897

1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius ii, in Sylvæ 56 Humane kind, Bewilder'd in the Maze of Life, and blind.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 195. ⁋3 He was so much bewildered in the enormous extent of the town.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. ii. 36 An unfrequented wood, in which they might probably be bewildered till night.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxviii. 282 The berg that had bewildered our helmsman.

2. figurative. To confuse in mental perception, to perplex, confound; to cause mental aberration.

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-

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 20 We must come to something at length..or else be bewildred.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 4 Some are bewilder'd in the Maze of Schools.

1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy i. xv. 64 Let no..honest Observer..bewilder his Brains in following such idle Imaginations.

1823 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 372 A vain and useless faculty, given to bewilder, and not to guide us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	bewilder
释义	bewilderv. /bɪˈwɪldə/ Etymology: < be- prefix 2 + wilder v., to lead one astray, (reflexive) to stray, to wander (found 1613 and common in 17th cent.). 1. literal. ‘To lose in pathless places, to confound for want of a plain road’ (Johnson). archaic. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > lose (the way) > cause to lose one's way or go astray wilder1613 bewilder1685 wander1897 1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius ii, in Sylvæ 56 Humane kind, Bewilder'd in the Maze of Life, and blind. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 195. ⁋3 He was so much bewildered in the enormous extent of the town. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. ii. 36 An unfrequented wood, in which they might probably be bewildered till night. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxviii. 282 The berg that had bewildered our helmsman. 2. figurative. To confuse in mental perception, to perplex, confound; to cause mental aberration. 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- a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 20 We must come to something at length..or else be bewildred. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 4 Some are bewilder'd in the Maze of Schools. 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy i. xv. 64 Let no..honest Observer..bewilder his Brains in following such idle Imaginations. 1823 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 372 A vain and useless faculty, given to bewilder, and not to guide us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.a1680
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