befuddle
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befuddle
- /bɪˈfʌdl/ UK
Rhymes with -ʌdl
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English bi-
English be-
English fuddle
English befuddle
From be- + fuddle.
verb befuddles · befuddling · befuddled
- To perplex, confuse (someone). The explanation left him completely befuddled.
- To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol. […] to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain
