Confusticate
[kuh n-fuhs-ti-keyt] /kənˈfʌs tɪˌkeɪt/
verb (used with object), confusticated, confusticating.
1.
Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
verb
to confuse
Word Origin
alteration of confuse or confound
v.
mid-19c., a fantastical American English coinage from confound or confuse, perhaps originally in minstrel show comedy, along with confubuscate, conflabberated, etc.
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