- confusticate
- confusticate mid-19c., a fantastical Amer.Eng. coinage from confound or confuse, perhaps originally in minstrel show comedy, along with confubuscate, conflabberated, etc.
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confusticate — verb /kənˈfʌstəkeɪt/ To confuse, confound or perplex. Massa Clifford’s eye sezs, plain as eber eye did, dat de niggers dat ’specs to confusticate him, mus’ be smarter dan eber yer was, or will be ter de fift’ generation … Wiktionary
confusticate — Orig: Tolkien. Apparently a contraction of confuse and frustrate, often used as a very mild curse to place upon someone who has vexed you. Confusticate him, he put my sneakers in the icebox again … Dictionary of american slang
confusticate — Orig: Tolkien. Apparently a contraction of confuse and frustrate, often used as a very mild curse to place upon someone who has vexed you. Confusticate him, he put my sneakers in the icebox again … Dictionary of american slang
confusticate — … Useful english dictionary
