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Word: Bumfuzzle
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Globe (Atchison, Kansas). Perhaps a variant or alteration of bamboozle; compare in similar senses earlier foozle, fuzzle, bumbaze
Definition:
(Often in passive). To deceive, confuse, or astound (a person or group); to bamboozle, bewilder.
Variant Forms:
- bamfuzzle
- bamfoozle
- bumfoozle
