bumfuzzle

[ buhm-fuhz-uhl ]

verb (used with object),bum·fuz·zled, bum·fuz·zling.Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. to confuse or fluster.

Origin of bumfuzzle

1
First recorded in 1900–05; origin uncertain; from bum- (as in the initial syllable of Scottish bumbaze, bombaze “to confuse” (see bamboozle) + fuzzle “to confuse” (perhaps a blend of fuddle and fuzzy)

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