Flummoxy

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    flummoxed informal, not-comparable

    "Bursar come in to dinner all flushed and flummoxy and the Dean's got them high spots on his cheeks he gets when his gander's up and the Tutor don't eat his soup."

Example

More examples

"Bursar come in to dinner all flushed and flummoxy and the Dean's got them high spots on his cheeks he gets when his gander's up and the Tutor don't eat his soup."

Etymology

From flummox + -y.

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