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confusticate

/kənˈfʌstəkeɪt/

confusticate verb: to confuse, confound, or perplex.

Verb

confusticate (third-person singular simple present confusticates, present participle confusticating, simple past and past participle confusticated)

  1. (US, informal, transitive) To confuse, confound, or perplex.
    • Massa Clifford’s eye sezs, plain as eber eye did, dat de niggers dat ’specs to confusticate him, mus’ be smarter dan eber yer was, or will be ter de fift’ generation.1852, Charles Jacobs Peterson, The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters, T. B. Peterson, page 76
    • I had to come and go,
      Receive with pomp and show
      From nations, deputations,
      Which confusticate one so !1868, W. S. Gilbert, “Ruy Blas”, in Tom Hood, editor, The 5 Alls: A Collection of Stories, page 53
    Synonyms:
    confuscate

Examples of confusticate in a sentence

  • ‘Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!’ he said aloud.1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, chapter 1:
  • But it doesn't work if what comes after *my* line is his line and not yours, easy to get confusticated eh?1993 February 16, Jessica L. Babylon, “Re: Jessica wins new title: NET.TRAMP”, in alt.personals (Usenet), message-ID...
  • He tapped the side of his pack: on it was written: CHARMED, ENCHANTED, ENSORCELLED AND CONFUSTICATED.1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 71:
  • The shoulder-Satan whispered into Fred’s ear, “How many chances do you get to confusticate Satan himself?”2001, Peter J. Dabbene, Mister Dreyfus' Demons, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 158:

Synonyms of confusticate

Forms of confusticate

third-person singular presentconfusticates
present participleconfusticating
past participleconfusticated
pastconfusticated

Origin of confusticate

Fantastic alteration of confound or confuse.

Questions about confusticate

What does confusticate mean?
Confusticate means to confuse, confound, or perplex.
How do you use confusticate in a sentence?
‘Confusticate and bebother these dwarves!’ he said aloud.
What part of speech is confusticate?
Confusticate is a verb.
How do you pronounce confusticate?
Confusticate is pronounced /kənˈfʌstəkeɪt/.
What is the past tense of confusticate?
The past tense of confusticate is confusticated.

Words near confusticate in the dictionary

  1. confusive
  2. confusopolies
  3. confusopoly
  4. confussion
  5. confussions
  6. confusticate
  7. confusticated
  8. confusticates
  9. confusticating
  10. confustication
  11. confutability

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