croggledとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

croggled (comparative more croggled, superlative most croggled)

1. (dated, fandom スラング) Shocked into temporary paralysis; nonplussed; bemused; bewildered.
   • 1962 June, Tom Armistead, “Tom Armistead Meets Ellis Mills”^[1], Cry of the Nameless, number 161: 

     CRY came today, but I really wasn't as croggled as I usually am when CRY comes, because I got a visit from a real WKF last night (this being the 10th). You, of course, know Ellis Mills?

   • 2009, Kelly James Patrick, “Mr. Boy”, in The Mammoth Book of Best Short Science Fiction Novels, ISBN 9781845299231, page 233:

     I was so croggled I did not know what to say.