confusticate
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prettygoodwordconfusticate (kuhn-FUHS-ti-keyt) - v., (U.S., inf.) to confuse, confound, bewilder.
Especially by making things complicated. This dates back to around 1850 -- another colorful 19th century pseudolatinate coinage, a portmanteau of confuse and complicate. The contemporary version is, of course, confuscate. Despite being used primarily in the U.S., Bilbo Baggins uses it in The Hobbit.
---L.
Especially by making things complicated. This dates back to around 1850 -- another colorful 19th century pseudolatinate coinage, a portmanteau of confuse and complicate. The contemporary version is, of course, confuscate. Despite being used primarily in the U.S., Bilbo Baggins uses it in The Hobbit.
---L.
