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mazement

mazement noun: a trancelike state; amazement.

Noun

mazement (countable and uncountable, plural mazements)

  1. (obsolete) A trancelike state; amazement.
    • Plesse us awle, why does that sentilman make such unders and mazements at her, I know her not.c. 1611, John Fletcher, The Night Walker, or The Little Thief

Forms of mazement

pluralmazements

Origin of mazement

From maze + -ment.

Questions about mazement

What does mazement mean?
Mazement means a trancelike state; amazement.
What part of speech is mazement?
Mazement is a noun.
What is the plural of mazement?
The plural of mazement is mazements.

Words near mazement in the dictionary

  1. mazeful
  2. mazefuls
  3. mazel tov
  4. mazelike
  5. mazeltov
  6. mazement
  7. mazements
  8. Mazepin
  9. mazepite
  10. mazepites
  11. mazer

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