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# mazed

adjective

«mazed» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Confused and bewildered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/mazed/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "dazed" or "confused". "Amazed" is related but means surprised.

### Examples

- Mazed with fear he struggled on toward the flickering light that looked like help and safety. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/mazed/#x1)
- The greeting had stopped, but the tears were standing on its cheek, and the tiddy thing looked mazed like in the moonshine and the night air. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/mazed/#x2)
- Naturally the poor folk were strangely feared and mazed, and a lot of them went to the Wise Woman who dwelt in the old mill, and asked if so be she could find out where the Moon was gone. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/mazed/#x3)

### Note

Today: dazed, bewildered.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mazed» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/mazed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mazed» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/mazed.html) on Mova free.