Meaning & use
confusticate
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To confuse, perplex, or throw into disorder (informal, humorous, and somewhat old-fashioned).
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The tangle of wires behind the television completely confusticated him.
"Confusticate it!" the old man muttered, unable to find his glasses.
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A playful 19th-century American blend of "confuse" and words like "fluster" or "confiscate"; J.R.R. Tolkien later put it in the mouth of Bilbo Baggins, boosting its modern familiarity.
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