bemuse
/bɪˈmjuːz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.22 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies."
- "the bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves"
- "With regard to definition-writing students, as a result of having spent years padding out written assignments in order to meet word-length requirements, were somewhat bemused to be told that fewer words were better than a long, wordy definition."
- "When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably Be-mus'd"
- "a parson much be-mus'd in beer"
- "This old man generally bemused himself in beer, once a fortnight."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: be
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈmjuːz/
- British English: /bɪˈmjuːz/