bemuse
(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
[With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies.
Origin: From . In meaning, influenced by bemaze and later amuse. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 26, 2026
(transitive, sometimes, proscribed) To be amused, especially sardonically.
the bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves
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#3·Apr 26, 2026
(archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.
With regard to definition-writing students, as a result of having spent years padding out written assignments in order to meet word-length requirements, were somewhat bemused to be told that fewer words were better than a long, wordy def…
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