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confusticating

confusticating is the present participle and gerund 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 confusticating

What is confusticating the present participle and gerund of?
Confusticating is the present participle and gerund of confusticate.

Words near confusticating in the dictionary

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

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