mazedness

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/ˈmeɪzɪdnɪs/

noun

The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.

OriginMiddle English mazednesse →
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Meanings

nounmazedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.

    I knew not the cause of your mazedness, but 'twas all I could do to keep those stones going.

    1957, Karl V. Eiker, Star of Macedon
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    Llwyd, insulated by his mazedness, dwells inwardly in a realm of feminine imagination: his mind is a region of "diamond-like" lucidity across which move the Ellyllon, three fairies whom he knows from folk-legend.

    1986, Richard Poole, Richard Hughes: Novelist, page 112

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmazednesse
  2. Englishmazedness

From Middle English mazednesse, mazidnesse; equivalent to mazed + -ness.

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APA

mazedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mazedness

MLA

“mazedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mazedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mazedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mazedness.

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