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confusticate

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[kuhn-fuhs-ti-keyt] / kənˈfʌs tɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

confusticated, confusticating

  1. Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.

Etymology

Origin of confusticate

First recorded in 1845–50; pseudo-Latinism formed from English confuse; used by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit

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