croggled adj.

astonished; baffled; bewildered

The 1959 cite at croggle v. might represent this adjective.

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  • 1957 J. Young Letter in Hyphen (#18) May 37 page image Jean Young

    I was utterly and absolutely croggled by this; in fact, in most places, it was so funny I couldn’t laugh, but merely sat, stunned.

  • 1962 D. Franson Key to the Terminology of Science-Fiction Fandom 6 Donald Franson bibliography

    Croggled, astounded, amused.

  • 1976 R. Coulson Rumblings in Yandro (#235) Apr. (unpaged) page image Robert Coulson

    I was a trifle croggled by newspaper accounts of people who took their brand-new $2 bills to the post office, had a stamp affixed, and then cancelled, to prove they were First Day of Issue.

  • [1980 M. Z. Bradley Darkover Retrospective in Planet Savers/Sword of Aldones (1982) iv. 347 Marion Zimmer Bradley

    When I finally figured out that she was asking if I was sad at not winning a Nebula, I was becroggled. I finally found my voice and told her that in twenty-five years of reading and writing science fiction, I had heard a hell of a lot of gauche questions, but that really took the cake.]

  • 2003 Mimosa (#30) Aug. 22 page image

    Fans…were croggled by the non-existence of Joan W. Carr and Carl Brandon.

  • 2014 J. Butcher Skin Game 413 Jim Butcher bibliography

    Riding a running horse bareback isn’t easy when you’re feeling a little croggled from seeing someone completely ignore the laws of physics and magic as you know them.

Research requirements

antedating 1957
Earliest cite

Jean Young, in Hyphen
Research History
Keith Stokes submitted a 1962 cite from "A Key to the Terminology of S-F Fandom".
Keith Stokes submitted a 1966 cite from Bob Tucker's "A Neo-Fan's Guide to Science Fiction Fandom".
Sue Surova submitted a cite for the form "becroggled" from a 1982 reprint of Marion Zimmer Bradley's 1980 article "A Darkover Retrospective".
Rachel Sommer submitted a 1983 cite from Piers Anthony's "Dragon on a Pedestal".
Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 2014 cite from Jim Butcher.
Jeff Prucher submitted a 1957 cite from Jean Young in Hyphen.
Jeff Prucher submitted a 1976 cite from Robert Coulson in Yandro.

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