bumbaze
transitive verb
bum·baze
¦bəm¦bāz
-ed/-ing/-s
chiefly Scottish
: bewilder, perplex
Word History
Etymology
perhaps alteration of Scots baze to dismay, from Middle English baisen, baishen to dismay, be dismayed, from Middle French baissier to lower, abase, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin bassiare to lower