ABACK
ADJECTIVES
► QUEER-TAKEN taken aback, surprised, disconcerted → 1858 Sc.
ADVERBS
► BEGONE taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BACK-WIND to be taken, or cause to be taken, aback → 1899
► GUNK to disappoint, to take aback → 1824 Sc.
► REMAIN FOOLISH to be taken aback → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR to take aback, to disconcert, to abash an over-confident person → 1870 Sc.
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