The Only Use of
baffle
in
The Odyssey
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- Sail him home with all your skill—the power is yours, no doubt—home to his native country all unharmed while the suitors limp to port, defeated, baffled men.
p. 153.5baffled = stopped from achieving a desired result
Definitions:
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(1)
(baffle as in: baffled her) to perplex or confuse someone
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(2)
(baffle as in: acoustic baffle) something constructed to control the flow of sound or fluid
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly:- baffle can refer to the hindering of efforts, plans, or desires.
- baffles can describe the area directly behind a moving vessel where water is disturbed
- baffle has other technical uses relating to medicine, heat transfer, and mechanics