Both Uses of
baffle
in
Bleak House
- Whatever can have induced that transcendent woman to marry that effigy and figure-head of a baronet is one of the most impenetrable mysteries that ever baffled human inquiry.†
Chpt 16-18
- He patiently awaits an explicit answer; and Jo, more baffled by his patience than by anything else, at last desperately whispers a name in his ear.†
Chpt 46-48 *
Definition:
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(baffle as in: baffled her) to completely confuse someone