bemuddle

[ bih-muhd-l ]

verb (used with object),be·mud·dled, be·mud·dling.

Origin of bemuddle

First recorded in 1860–65; be- + muddle

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So cried he who was all bemuddled from the wine he had drunk over night.
Tales from the Old French | Various
Jim's head was sadly bemuddled, and for a time he gazed upon the faces about him in bewilderment.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories | Paul Laurence Dunbar
Then, before my bemuddled brain had time to do more than suggest an inquiry as to what had happened, I heard St. Croix' voice.
Yule Logs | Various
By stirring M. Renan's bemuddled pool, Mr. Rogers has only bemuddled it the more.
The Unseen World and Other Essays | John Fiske
I rode down in the elevator with him and he repeated his remark that Schubert had unnecessarily bemuddled the chord.
The So-called Human Race | Bert Leston Taylor

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