Bumbaze

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Utterly confusing or stupefying someone so that they are left dazed and unable to think clearly
2. To leave a person bewildered and stunned, unable to make sense of what has happened to them
3. Filling someone with complete bafflement and amazement until their wits seem to desert them

Etymology: To bumbaze is to confuse or stupefy someone so completely that they cannot think clearly. Its closest relative is the Scots "bumbaize", which carries the same sense. The two are probably related through a shared origin rather than one being borrowed from the other, though the exact source of that stem remains uncertain.

Synonyms: bewilder, bemuse, confuse, daze