bumfuzzled
adjective
bum·fuz·zled ˈbəm-ˌfə-zəld 
US, informal
: in a state of bewilderment : confused or perplexed
Elliott seemed a little bumfuzzled by the negativity, saying he had received a lot of offers of various kinds of help for the ballpark.
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Word History
Etymology
probably alteration (after befuddle) of earlier dumfoozled "confused," perhaps blend of dumbfounded (past participle of dumbfound) and fuzzle, variant of fuddle
Note: Also perhaps relevant is bamboozle, with a similar consonant-vowel frame, despite the difference in sense.
First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above
- proportioners
- proportioning
- proportionings
- proportionless
- proportionment
- proportionments
- proportions
- proposal
- proposal bond
- proposals
- proposant
- propose
- propose a toast
- propose marriage
- proposed
- proposer
- proposers
- proposes
- proposing
- propositi
- propositio
- proposition
- proposition bet
- propositional
- propositional calculus