Definizione monolingua

bemuse

bemuse (third-person singular simple present bemuses, present participle bemusing, simple past and past participle bemused)

1. (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.

   ""For Gods sake, why do people keep using bemused as if it means amused?"" asked the bemused editor.

   • 1735 A parson much be-musd in beer. — Alexander Pope, Satires of Dr. Donne versified
   • 1771 [With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies. — James Foot, Penseroso
   • 1847 The bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves. — Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and its people
2. (archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.
   • 1705 When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably Be-musd. — Alexander Pope, Letters

Definizione dizionario bemuse

agitare

confondere

rimescolare

stupire

Altri significati:

to confuse or bewilder

(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.

(archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.