bumbazedadj.
/bʌmˈbeɪzd/, U.S. /ˌbəmˈbeɪzd/, Scottish English /bʌmˈbezd/ Chiefly Scottish.
Perplexed, bewildered; confounded, stupefied. Cf. bumbaze v.
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-
1720 A. Ramsay Patie & Roger 8 She..gars me look bombas'd and unco blate.
1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace 266 The Siege thus rais'd in Hurry and great Fray, The bumbaz'd Suthron scamp'red all away.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 80 Lindy looked blate, an' sair bumbaz'd.
1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Gloss. 517 I am right on bombazed.
1882 Good Words 23 100 The mother..poor body, looked a good deal bumbazed.
1948 M. Lindsay Hurlygush 75 Ay, we're bumbazed.
2006 E. Morgan in R. Crawford Contemp. Poetry & Contemp. Sci. 32 He sent it all out like an enormous undecoded but not undecodable letter to a bumbazed public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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