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amaze
English
Etymology
From Middle English *amasen (“to bewilder, perplex”), from Old English ?masian (“to confuse, astonish”), from ?- (perfective prefix) + *masian (“to confound”), equivalent to a- +? maze.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??me?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
Verb
amaze (third-person singular simple present amazes, present participle amazing, simple past and past participle amazed)
- (transitive) To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex. [from 16th c.]
- 1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Present State of Polite Learning
- Spain has long fallen from amazing Europe with her wit, to amusing them with the greatness of her Catholic credulity.
- 1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Present State of Polite Learning
- (intransitive) To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of B. Taylor to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To stupefy; to knock unconscious. [13th-17th c.]
- (obsolete) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
- (obsolete) To terrify, to fill with panic. [16th-18th c.]
- , New York Review Books 2001, p.261:
- [Fear] amazeth many men that are to speak or show themselves in public assemblies, or before some great personages […]
- , New York Review Books 2001, p.261:
Related terms
- amazing
- amazement
Translations
Noun
amaze (uncountable)
- (now poetic) Amazement, astonishment. [from 16th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:
- All in amaze he suddenly vp start / With sword in hand, and with the old man went [...].
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 103:
- Shattuck looked at him in amaze.
- 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1361:
- She took the proffered cheque and stared at it with puzzled amaze, dazed by her own behaviour.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:
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Alternative forms
- amize
Noun
amaze
- wonder, amazement
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
amaze From the web:
- what amazes death about human beings
- what amazes me
- what amazes you
- what amazed nick most about the party
- what amazed the inuit about the north pole
- what amazed means
- what amazed stanley about zero
- what amazed columbus about the inhabitants of the island
puzzle
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain; originally pusle. Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) +? -le (frequentative suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?z??l, IPA(key): /?p?z?l/
- Rhymes: -?z?l
Noun
puzzle (plural puzzles)
- Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
- Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
- A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
- A crossword puzzle.
- A jigsaw puzzle.
- A riddle.
- (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
- The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- to be in a puzzle
Synonyms
- (anything difficult to understand or make sense of): anybody's guess, anyone's guess, conundrum, enigma, mystery
- (game for one person): brain-teaser, poser
- (crossword puzzle): crossword, crossword puzzle
- (jigsaw puzzle):: jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle
- (riddle): guessing game, riddle
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
puzzle (third-person singular simple present puzzles, present participle puzzling, simple past and past participle puzzled)
- (transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
- 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues
- A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others, if they be not thoroughpaced speculators in those great theories.
- He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders.
- 1688, Henry More, Divine Dialogues
- (intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
- We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted.
- (transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.
- The ways of Heav'n are dark and intricate, / Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with error.
- They disentangle from the puzzled skein.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:confuse
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- puzzlement
References
Anagrams
- puzzel
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pazl?]
- (nonstandard, hyperforeign) IPA(key): [?put?sl?]
Noun
puzzle m
- jigsaw puzzle
Usage notes
Also used as an indeclinable noun of various genders, most often neuter.
Although the standard pronunciation of this word, which has been borrowed from English, is /?pazl?/, another common informal pronunciation is /?put?sle/, which is a hyperforeignism, trying to apply either Italian (as in pizza) or more probably German pronunciation rules. However, both Italian and German pronunciation of the word puzzle is different.
Declension
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pœ.zœl/, /pœzl/
Noun
puzzle m (plural puzzles)
- jigsaw puzzle
Further reading
- “puzzle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Noun
puzzle m (invariable)
- jigsaw puzzle
- (by extension) A difficult problem
Polish
Etymology
From English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?puz.l?/
- IPA(key): /?put?s.l?/ (nonstandard)
Noun
puzzle m inan
- jigsaw puzzle
Declension
Derived terms
- (noun) puzzel
Further reading
- puzzle in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- puzzle in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Alternative forms
- puzle
Etymology
Borrowed from English puzzle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?pu?le/, [?pu?.le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /?pusle/, [?pus.le]
Noun
puzzle m (plural puzzles)
- jigsaw puzzle
puzzle From the web:
- what puzzle has the most pieces
- what puzzled means
- what puzzles are good for your brain
- what puzzles do for the brain
- what puzzles billy about the guestbook
- what puzzles you
- what puzzles are made in the usa
- what puzzles make you smarter
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