English Explanatory Dictionary

bumfuzzle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To confuse or fluster.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌmfʌzl/ /ˈbəmˌfəz(ə)l/

Word forms

bumfuzzle bumfuzzles bumfuzzling bumfuzzled

Etymology

Probably an alteration of fuzzled (“confused, intoxicated”), with the colloquial intensifier prefix bum-. First attested in 19th-century U.S. dialect.

Related words

befuddled bewildered confounded flummoxed perplexed
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