Bumfuzzle

//ˈbʌmfʌzl// verb, slang

verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To confuse or fluster. Southern-US, colloquial, transitive

Synonyms

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bafflebaffoundbedevilbefuddlebewilderbolix up

Etymology

Probably an alteration of fuzzled (“confused, intoxicated”), with the colloquial intensifier prefix bum-. First attested in 19th-century U.S. dialect.

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