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confuzzle

noun
/kənˈfʌz.əl/

Etymology

Blend of confuse + puzzle. Compare befuzzle.

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

Definitions

  1. A state of confusion or puzzlement.

    • I was all in a confuzzle last night after the Ellen show, and my mind was going too fast for my typing skills.
    • Always glad to clear up confuzzles since too often I only add to them. ;)
    • The confuzzle is strong with this one.

  2. To confuse or puzzle.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for confuzzle. 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