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bog⋅gle

1  [bog-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to overwhelm or bewilder, as with the magnitude, complexity, or abnormality of: The speed of light boggles the mind.
2. to bungle; botch.
–verb (used without object)
3. to hesitate or waver because of scruples, fear, etc.
4. to start or jump with fear, alarm, or surprise; shrink; shy.
5. to bungle awkwardly.
6. to be overwhelmed or bewildered.
–noun
7. an act of shying or taking alarm.
8. a scruple; demur; hesitation.
9. bungle; botch.
Origin:
1590–1600; perh. from boggle 2

Related forms:
bog⋅gling⋅ly, adverb
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bog⋅gle

2  [bog-uhl]
–noun
bogle.

bo⋅gle

  [boh-guhl, bog-uhl]
–noun
a bogy; specter.
Also, boggle.

Origin:
1495–1505; bog (var. of bug bugbear) + -le
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bog·gle   (bŏg'əl)   
v.   bog·gled, bog·gling, bog·gles

v.   intr.

  1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.

  2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment: "The mind now boggling at all the numbers on the table, both sides agreed to a recess of an hour" (Henry A. Kissinger).

  3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to be overcome, as with fright or astonishment.

  2. To botch; bungle.


[Probably from boggle, dialectal variant of bogle.]
bog'gle n., bog'gler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

boggle 
1598, "to start with fright" (as a startled horse does), from M.E. bugge "specter" (among other things, supposed to scare horses at night); see bug. The meaning "to raise scruples, hesitate" is from 1638.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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