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flum⋅mox

  [fluhm-uhks]
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–verb (used with object) Informal.
to bewilder; confound; confuse.
Origin:
1830–40; orig. uncert.
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flum·mox   (flŭm'əks)   
tr.v.   flum·moxed, flum·mox·ing, flum·mox·es Informal
To confuse; perplex.

[Probably of English dialectal origin.]
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