mystify

Etymology

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.

verb

  1. (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
    Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.

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