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flum⋅mox

  [fluhm-uhks]
–verb (used with object) Informal.
to bewilder; confound; confuse.
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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flummox 
1837, cant word, origin uncertain, probably from some forgotten British dialect. Candidates cluster in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire and also in Sheffield. "The formation seems to be onomatopoeic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily." Never let it be said that the OED editors lacked imagination.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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