bumbaze

transitive verb

bum·​baze

¦bəm¦bāz

-ed/-ing/-s

chiefly Scottish

: bewilder, perplex

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of Scots baze to dismay, from Middle English baisen, baishen to dismay, be dismayed, from Middle French baissier to lower, abase, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin bassiare to lower

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