baffle

Etymology 1
The origin of the is ; it is possibly:


 * from, , of someone making a disdainful sound by expelling air quickly through pouted lips (compare 🇨🇬); or
 * from, , (compare 🇨🇬, , ; ), possibly from : see above.

The is derived from the verb.


 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)
 * 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬)

Verb

 * 1) To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
 * 2)  To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
 * 3)  Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
 * 4)  To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
 * 5) To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
 * 6) Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
 * 7) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 8)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1)  To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
 * 2)  Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
 * 3)  To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
 * 4) To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
 * 5) Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
 * 6) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 7)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1)  Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
 * 2)  To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
 * 3) To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
 * 4) Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
 * 5) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 6)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1)  Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
 * 2)  To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
 * 3) To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
 * 4) Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
 * 5) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 6)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1) To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
 * 2) Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
 * 3) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 4)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1) Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
 * 2) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 3)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 2)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 2)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1) To expend effort or struggle in vain.
 * 2)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.
 * 1)  To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 使困惑
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ; olla ihmeissään , olla sekaisin, olla ymmällään
 * French: ,
 * German: aus der Fassung bringen, ratlos machen,, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 間誤付く
 * Macedonian: збуни
 * Maori: whakapōhēhē, whakapōkaikaha, whakapōkīkī, whakahanepī, whakatekateka
 * Norwegian:, skvalpeskott
 * Occitan:, desconcertar
 * Persian:
 * Polish: wprawiać w zakłopotanie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: zblbnúť, zmagoriť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: спантеличувати, збивати


 * Finnish: kamppailla turhaan
 * Macedonian:

Noun

 * 1)  A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.
 * 2)  A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
 * 3)  Bewilderment, confusion; bafflement;  an instance of this.
 * 4)  A barrier designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
 * 5)  An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint; a quibble.
 * 1)  Bewilderment, confusion; bafflement;  an instance of this.
 * 2)  A barrier designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
 * 3)  An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint; a quibble.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: отразителна преграда
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Abweiser, Leitblech, Luftleitblech, Prallblech, Schwallblech,, Spritzblech, Strombrecher, Stromstörer, Tauchwand, Umlenkblech
 * Irish: sciath, sciathchlár
 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese: deflector
 * Russian: ,


 * Finnish: kaasuvipu
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:

Etymology 2
The origin of the is ; it is possibly from, from ; further etymology uncertain, possibly related to , possibly related to 🇨🇬,

The is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1) To publicly disgrace (someone); specifically, a recreant knight.
 * 2)  To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.
 * 1)  To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.
 * 1)  To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.
 * 1)  To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.
 * 1)  To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.

Noun

 * 1)  Intentional insult; affront; also, disgrace;  an instance of this.

Etymology
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Noun

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