flummoxv.

Brit.

/ˈflʌməks/, U.S.

/ˈfləməks/

Forms: Also flummix, flummux.

Etymology: probably of English dialectal origin; compare flummocks to maul, mangle ( Heref. Gloss. 1839), flummock slovenly person, also hurry, bewilderment, flummock to make untidy, disorder, to confuse, bewilder (see various E.D.S. glossaries, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, South Cheshire, Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopoeic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily; compare flump, hummock, dialect slommock sloven.

colloquial or vulgar.

1. transitive. To bring to confusion; to ‘do for’, cause to fail; to confound, bewilder, nonplus.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus

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1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 345 He'll be what the Italians call reg'larly flummoxed.

1840 Cambr. Univ. Mag. I. in C. Whibley In Cap & Gown (1890) 169 So many of the men I know Were ‘flummox'd’ at the last great-go.

c1850 C. Kean in Barrère & Leland Slang (at cited word) ‘Fool! fool! you distressed..you—you flummuxed me!’

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Feb. 2/1 The Unionists appear to be completely flummoxed by the failure of Mr. Balfour's Land Act.

2. U.S. colloquial. To ‘do up’.

ΚΠ

1870 T. De W. Talmage Crumbs Swept Up 270 Brushes..with which heiresses..flumixed their hair.

3. intransitive. U.S. To give in, give up, collapse.

ΚΠ

1839 D. P. Thompson Green Mountain Boys xxiv. 256 Well, if he should flummux at such a chance, I know of a chap..who'll agree to take his place.

1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville 73 Pokerville didn't..finally ‘flummix’ right beneath him.

1849 Oyster War of Accomac iii, in N.Y. Tribune 25 Apr. 1/3 Men of mighty stomachs, Men that can't be made to flummux.

Derivatives

ˈflummox n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (at cited word) Any failure is called a flummux. In some colleges the word is particularly applied to a poor recitation. At Williams College, a failure on the play-ground is called a flummux.

1857 in ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 8.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	flummox
释义	flummoxv. Brit. /ˈflʌməks/, U.S. /ˈfləməks/ Forms: Also flummix, flummux. Etymology: probably of English dialectal origin; compare flummocks to maul, mangle ( Heref. Gloss. 1839), flummock slovenly person, also hurry, bewilderment, flummock to make untidy, disorder, to confuse, bewilder (see various E.D.S. glossaries, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, South Cheshire, Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopoeic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily; compare flump, hummock, dialect slommock sloven. colloquial or vulgar. 1. transitive. To bring to confusion; to ‘do for’, cause to fail; to confound, bewilder, nonplus. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > nonplus stagger1556 gravel1566 set1577 trump1586 bumbaze1587 puzzlec1595 ground1597 stunt1603 nonplus1605 pose1605 stumble1605 buzzard1624 quandary1681 bamboozle1712 hobble1762 stump1807 have1816 floor1830 flummox1837 stick1851 get1868 to stick up1897 buffalo1903 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 345 He'll be what the Italians call reg'larly flummoxed. 1840 Cambr. Univ. Mag. I. in C. Whibley In Cap & Gown (1890) 169 So many of the men I know Were ‘flummox'd’ at the last great-go. c1850 C. Kean in Barrère & Leland Slang (at cited word) ‘Fool! fool! you distressed..you—you flummuxed me!’ 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Feb. 2/1 The Unionists appear to be completely flummoxed by the failure of Mr. Balfour's Land Act. 2. U.S. colloquial. To ‘do up’. ΚΠ 1870 T. De W. Talmage Crumbs Swept Up 270 Brushes..with which heiresses..flumixed their hair. 3. intransitive. U.S. To give in, give up, collapse. ΚΠ 1839 D. P. Thompson Green Mountain Boys xxiv. 256 Well, if he should flummux at such a chance, I know of a chap..who'll agree to take his place. 1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville 73 Pokerville didn't..finally ‘flummix’ right beneath him. 1849 Oyster War of Accomac iii, in N.Y. Tribune 25 Apr. 1/3 Men of mighty stomachs, Men that can't be made to flummux. Derivatives ˈflummox n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words (at cited word) Any failure is called a flummux. In some colleges the word is particularly applied to a poor recitation. At Williams College, a failure on the play-ground is called a flummux. 1857 in ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 8. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1837
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