bedaffled

English

Etymology

Blend of bedazzled +‎ baffled.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈdæfl̩d/

Adjective

bedaffled (comparative more bedaffled, superlative most bedaffled)

1. Both dazzled and baffled.
   • 2001, David R. Ambos, Letters from the Nude Lake and Other Historic Monuments, page 245:

     She squinched her face, bedaffled.

   • 2010, Patrice Kindl, Goose Chase, page 8:

     O, I know very well what you are thinking: "The poor maid must be bedaffled in the brain to entrust all her fortune to a man like that!"