MYSTIFIED, MYSTIFY, MYSTIFYING
ADJECTIVES
► CABOBBLED mystified, confused, puzzled, perplexed → 1823 Eng. dial. & nautical sl. (Bk.)
► MYSTIFIC mystifying, mysterious → 1990
ADVERBS
► MYSTIFICALLY in a mystifying or mystified manner → 1880
NOUNS – PERSON
► MYSTIFIC a person who mystifies others; one who causes perplexity or bewilderment → a1849 obs.
► MYSTIFICATOR a person who mystifies others, esp. deliberately; a person causing perplexity or bewilderment → 1823
VERBS
► ABOB to mystify, to astonish, to confound → c1330 obs.
► BLAICK ► BLAIK to mystify, to puzzle, to baffle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUMFOOZLE to mystify, to humbug, to bewilder → 19C Eng. & Amer. dial.
► CABOBBLE to mystify, to puzzle, to confuse → 1880 Eng. dial.
► DUNCE UPON to mystify, to puzzle, to confound → 1611 obs.
► MAZE to mystify, to bewilder, to puzzle → 1836 Eng. dial.
► METAGROBOLIZE to mystify, to puzzle, to puzzle out → 1653 humorous usage
► MIZZLE A PERSON to mystify him; to give him wrong information → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SPIFLICATE to mystify, to astonish, to surprise; to deal with in such a way as to confound or overcome completely → 1785 humorous or colloq.