mased
English
Middle English
Etymology
From the past participle of masen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaːzəd/
- (Late ME) IPA(key): /ˈmaːzd/
Adjective
mased
- Bewildered, amazed, perplexed, or misled.
- Terrified, scared, worried, or despairing; experiencing trauma or distress.
- Insane, psychotic, mad or angry; not of sound or calm mind
- Tired, weary (from shock or stress)
- c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:
- Al is ylyche goode to me / Ioy or sorowe wherso hyt be / For I haue felynge in no thynge / But as it were a mased thynge / Alway in poynt to falle a down
- Everything is equally good to me— / Joy or sorrow, however it might be— / For I feel nothing about anything, / But am like some dazed thing, / Always on the brink of falling down.
- c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:
Derived terms
References
- “māsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.
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