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flummoxy

flummoxy adjective: flummoxed.

Adjective

flummoxy (not comparable)

  1. (informal) flummoxed
    • Bursar come in to dinner all flushed and flummoxy and the Dean's got them high spots on his cheeks he gets when his gander's up and the Tutor don't eat his soup.2011, Tom Sharpe, Porterhouse Blue: (Porterhouse Blue Series 1)

Origin of flummoxy

From flummox + -y.

Questions about flummoxy

What does flummoxy mean?
Flummoxy means flummoxed.
What part of speech is flummoxy?
Flummoxy is an adjective.

Words near flummoxy in the dictionary

  1. flummoxer
  2. flummoxers
  3. flummoxery
  4. flummoxes
  5. flummoxing
  6. flummoxy
  7. flummux
  8. flummuxed
  9. flummuxes
  10. flummuxing
  11. flummydiddle

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