mazed
adjective
Early Modern English
Meaning
Confused and bewildered. tree →
Then and now
No longer used; today we say "dazed" or "confused". "Amazed" is related but means surprised.
Examples
- Mazed with fear he struggled on toward the flickering light that looked like help and safety. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
- The greeting had stopped, but the tears were standing on its cheek, and the tiddy thing looked mazed like in the moonshine and the night air. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
- Naturally the poor folk were strangely feared and mazed, and a lot of them went to the Wise Woman who dwelt in the old mill, and asked if so be she could find out where the Moon was gone. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
Note
Today: dazed, bewildered.
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