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单词 bumbaze
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bumbazev.

Brit. /bʌmˈbeɪz/, U.S. /ˌbəmˈbeɪz/, /bəmˈbeɪz/, Scottish English /bʌmˈbez/
Forms: pre-1700 1700s– bumbaize, pre-1700 2000s– bumbase, 1700s bombase, 1700s–1800s bombaze, 1800s– bumbaze.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare bombast adj. 2, bombast v. 2b and also later baze v., bamboozle v.
Chiefly Scottish.
transitive. To confuse; to perplex, bewilder; to confound, stupefy. Cf. bumbazed adj.The adjective (see bumbazed adj.) has been more common than the verb since at least the end of the 18th cent.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus
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1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. xvi. 1369 Hauing only thus bumbased vp the matter with their foresaid reasons.
1684 J. Erskine Jrnl. (1893) 54 They were accused for..confounding and bumbasing the Kings witnesses.
a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 127 The father, a little bumbaized at this..sayes [etc.].
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. ii Then oft by night, bombase hare-hearted fools.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xi. 252 How the scoundrel red-coats must have been bumbazed.
1952 Scotsman 24 Oct. 6/6 The quaint twang of the Tudor Elizabeth, with samples of which the Third Programme bumbazed many genteel lugs.
a2008 D. Ogston Scots Worship (2013) 43 Jesus, Licht o the warld, we tine Your flame an syne the mirk bumbases us.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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