mased

English

Verb

mased

1. simple past and past participle of mase

Anagrams

• ADMEs, Adems, Dames, Demas, Sedam, Smead, dames, desma, mades, meads, mesad

Middle English

Alternative forms

• masid, masyd, mazed, masit, maset, massed, mast

Etymology

From the past participle of masen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːzəd/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːzd/

Adjective

mased

1. Bewildered, amazed, perplexed, or misled.
2. Terrified, scared, worried, or despairing; experiencing trauma or distress.
3. Insane, psychotic, mad or angry; not of sound or calm mind
4. 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.

Derived terms

• masedliche
• mazidnesse

Descendants

• English: mazed
• Scots: mazed

References

• “māsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.