wilderment
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
wilderment (usually uncountable, plural wilderments)
- (archaic) bewilderment.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, “The Fire-Worshippers”, in Lalla-Rookh:
- And snatched her breathless from beneath this wilderment of wreck and death.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to this entry?)
References edit
- “wilderment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.