BAFFLEMENT

bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement

(noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bafflement (countable and uncountable, plural bafflements)

(uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.

(countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.

Source: Wiktionary


Baf"fle*ment, n.

Definition: The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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