bedaffled

English

Etymology

Blend of bedazzled +‎ baffled.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɪˈdæfl̩d/

Adjective

bedaffled (comparative more bedaffled, superlative most bedaffled)

  1. Both dazzled and baffled.
    • 2001, David R. Ambos, Letters from the Nude Lake and Other Historic Monuments, page 245:
      She squinched her face, bedaffled.
    • 2010, Patrice Kindl, Goose Chase, page 8:
      O, I know very well what you are thinking: "The poor maid must be bedaffled in the brain to entrust all her fortune to a man like that!"
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