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empuzzle

verb

Etymology

From em- + puzzle.

  1. inherited from puslian — “to pick out the best bits, carefully select, cull”
  2. prefixed as empuzzle — “em + puzzle”

Definitions

  1. To puzzle.

    • They twist and trip and intervolve it well, Flinging their phasms fantastically high, Circling her chair with maze inscrutable, Not to be follow’d by th’ empuzzled eye.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA