bemazed

American  

[bih-meyzd] / bɪˈmeɪzd /

adjective

Archaic.

1. muddled; confused; dazed.

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Etymology

Origin of bemazed

First recorded in 1175–1225, bemazed is from the Middle English word bemazen; be-, maze, -ed ²

Example Sentences

My understanding was bemazed, and my senses were taught to distrust their own testimony.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

Staniford stood bemazed, though he knew enough to take the hands she yielded him; but she suddenly caught them away again, and set them against his breast.

From The Lady of the Aroostook by Howells, William Dean

I can see him still staring at me bemazed with his pipe half-way to his mouth, and the open book laid face downward upon his knee.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"Aye—an' many's the time 'twas on me tongue to call her a fool for her trouble, ye was that bewitched an' bemazed, lad."

From The Harbor Master by Roberts, Theodore Goodridge

The author has amplified on the grounds of his faith, to a degree that might seem superfluous, if the question had not become so utterly bemazed and bedarkened of late.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret