mystification (mis"tifikashon)

[F.mys tification = Pg.mystificação; as mystify + -ation.] 1. The act of mystifying; something designed to mystify; the act of perplexing one or playing on one's credulity; a trick. It was impo ible to say where jest began and earnest ended. You read in constant mistrust lest you might be the victim of a mystification when you least expected one. Edinburgh Rev. 2. The state of being mystified. mystificator (mis'ti-fi-ka-tor), n. [