fuddle
/ˈfʌd(ə)l
/verb [with object] (usually as adjective fuddled)
1Confuse or stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.For fans too fuddled by technology to get to grips with the membership scheme which allowed free downloads from the French band's website, this will be much more reassuringly old-fashioned....
- I was worried about leaving Rob with them, in case his simple brain was fuddled by their complex arguments of Just Because, All Right?
- The cannabis debate can fuddle the brain almost as much as the drug itself.
1.1 [no object] archaic Go on a drinking bout.
noun [in singular]
1A state of confusion or intoxication: through the fuddle of wine he heard some of the conversation...
- The muddle, fuddle, blunder and guddle that followed has only helped turn devolution into a source of national embarrassment.
1.1 archaic A drinking bout.
Origin
Late 16th century (in the sense 'go on a drinking bout'): of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- pregnancy
- pregnancy sickness
- pregnancy test
- pregnandiol
- pregnane
- pregnanediol
- pregnanolone
- pregnant
- pregnant construction
- pregnantly
- pregnant negative
- pregnantness
- pregnate
- pregnation
- pregnenolone
- pre-graduate
- pregrammar
- pregrammatical
- pregravid
- pregustator
- prehallux
- prehalter
- preharvest
- pre-head
- preheat