English Explanatory Dictionary

betwattle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind.
  2. To be in a distressed state of mind.

Word forms

betwattle betwattles betwattling betwattled betwaddle

Etymology

Possibly a back formation from betwattled, late 18th-century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered.

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