muzzy

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My bones ache, my head's muzzy--and we'll drink two bottles of claret a-piece, after dinner, to enliven us Frank.

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  1. adjective Mentally confused; muddled.
  2. adjective Blurred; indistinct.

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  • Both he and the manservant were muzzy, pulled out of sound sleep by the pounding on the door. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 03 - September 1999
  • "Do you really think I'd let a muzzy-headed lad like Tam ram a loaded pistol down his breeches?" —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • Give my kindest love to your wife, and believe me—muzzy or no muzzy— Your aff. —  Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis
  • Wade tried Prozac, but it left him feeling muzzy-headed, about as animated as a stone. —  F ;SF - vol 099 issue 03 - September 2000
  • By final stages of dusk, those still technically awake appeared to be engrossed in sleepy word game, whose every question/answer seemed to trigger gales of uproarious, if muzzy-sounding, laughter. —  AnalogSFF,September2008
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. apparently variant of *musy, from muse+ -y. Cf.muzz.
 

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