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baffled, ppl. a.|ˈbæf(ə)ld|
[f. baffle v. + -ed.]
†1. Disgraced, dishonoured. Obs.
1671Milton Samson 1237 Go, baffled coward. 1828Scott F.M. Perth III. 202 Every worthy knight would hold you a baffled, forsworn caitiff.
2. Confounded, discomfited, checked or foiled.
a1659Cleveland Gen. Poems (1677) 14 Till baffled Poetry hangs down the head. 1693Apol. Clergy Scot. 14 This baffled and hypocritical Sham. 1732T. Lediard Sethos II. x. 440 To baffled reason love disdains to yield. 1860Ellicott Life our Lord iii. 114 The baffled Tempter departs. |
