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fuddle

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fud⋅dle

  [fuhd-l] verb, -dled, -dling, noun
Use fuddle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
2. to make drunk; intoxicate.
–verb (used without object)
3. to tipple.
–noun
4. a confused state; muddle; jumble.
Origin:
1580–90; orig. uncert.
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fud·dle   (fŭd'l)   
v.   fud·dled, fud·dling, fud·dles

v.   tr.

  1. To put into a state of confusion; befuddle. See Synonyms at confuse.

  2. To make drunk; intoxicate.

v.   intr.
To drink; tipple.
n.  A state of confusion or intoxication.

[Origin unknown.]
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Word Origin & History

fuddle 
1588, originally "to get drunk," later "to confuse as though with drink" (c.1600), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Low Ger. fuddeln "work in a slovenly manner (as if drunk)," from fuddle "worthless cloth." The more common derivative befuddle appeared 1887.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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