单词 | bumbaze |
释义 | bumbazev. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus stagger1556 gravel1566 set1577 trump1586 bumbaze1587 puzzlec1595 ground1597 stunt1603 nonplus1605 pose1605 stumble1605 buzzard1624 quandary1681 bamboozle1712 hobble1762 stump1807 have1816 floor1830 flummox1837 stick1851 get1868 to stick up1897 buffalo1903 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). < v.1587 |
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