confusticate

[ kuhn-fuhs-ti-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

, con·fus·ti·cat·ed, con·fus·ti·cat·ing.

1. Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.

Word History and Origins

Origin of confusticate¹

First recorded in 1845–50; pseudo-Latinism formed from English confuse; used by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit