Muddlement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being muddled or the act of muddling; confusion; disorganization. countable, uncountable

    "I am lost in my own muddlement; and whereabouts the right place is, and how I am to get myself back into it, as I am a living sinner is more than I know!"

Example

More examples

"I am lost in my own muddlement; and whereabouts the right place is, and how I am to get myself back into it, as I am a living sinner is more than I know!"

Etymology

From muddle + -ment.

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