Mystification
[,mɪstəfə'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered.
(noun.) something designed to mystify or bewilder.
Inputed by Jules--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify.
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- I agreed, much amused at her mystification. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Besides, I owed you a little mystification, Lestrade, for your chaff in the morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What HE said about the Diamond to Miss Rachel was said, as usual, by way of a mystification or joke. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But I was resolved to see for myself what new mystification was going on before I trusted Rosanna's boot in the Sergeant's hands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If I was to try--no matter whether on myself, on somebody else, or both--any genteel mystifications, I should probably not succeed in them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Nita