mazedness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmeɪzɪdnɪs/
Etymology
From Middle English mazednesse, mazidnesse; equivalent to mazed + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.
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: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: