confusticate

confusticate (third-person singular simple present confusticates, present participle confusticating, simple past and past participle confusticated) (transitive, informal, chiefly US) To confuse, confound, or perplex.

发音

/kənˈfʌstəkeɪt/

词形变化

confusticated confusticates 三单 confusticates confusticating confusticating 现在分词 confusticated 过去式 confusticated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To confuse, confound, or perplex.

    美国 非正式 及物

    it is bound to make of medical malpractice trials veritable wars of even more lengthy attrition; with each side employing such a published congeries of conflicting medical views as would thoroughly confusticate any jury...

词源

Fantastic alteration of confound or confuse.

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