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confusticated

confusticated is the simple past and past participle of confusticate.

Meaning of confusticate

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
    Synonyms:
    confuscate

Questions about confusticated

What is confusticated the simple past and past participle of?
Confusticated is the simple past and past participle of confusticate.

Words near confusticated in the dictionary

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

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