bumfuzzle

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (uk) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmfʌzl/
  • (us) IPA(key): /ˈbəmˌfəz(ə)l/
  • Hyphenation: bum‧fuz‧zle

Verb

bumfuzzle (third-person singular simple present bumfuzzles, present participle bumfuzzling, simple past and past participle bumfuzzled)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, chiefly South Midland US, Southern US) To confuse or fluster.

bamboozled

See also

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