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befuzzle

verb
/bɪˈfʌz.əl/

Etymology

Blend of befuddle + puzzle. Compare confuzzle.

  1. inherited from puslian — “to pick out the best bits, carefully select, cull”
  2. compounded as befuzzle — “befuddle + puzzle”

Definitions

  1. To confuse

    • There is hardly a family in the land not touched by death in their families because of it as alcohol rides our highways befuzzling the minds of our nation's drivers

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for befuzzle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA