BAZE also BAIZE NOUN confusion, bewilderment ...1833 Sc. VERB to stupefy, to frighten, to alarm; to puzzle, to bewilder, to daze ...1603 obs. exc. Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from OED: apparently identical with Dutch bazen, verbazen (to astonish, to stupefy); but its late appearance in English (or Scots) is not explained FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1603 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Supponing mee ane Deuill of Hell, With crewell conjuratiounes fell, Did mee out of his hous expell, As with a Bogill bazed: As ane out of his mynde or marrit, He hes mee of his hous debarrit, I can not tell quhat hes him skarrit, Or hes the man amazed..." From: Ane Verie Excellent and Delectabill Treatise Intitulit Philotus Quhairin we may persave the greit inconveniences that fallis out in the mariage betvvene age and zouth
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