BEFUDDLE, BEFUDDLED
ADJECTIVES
1745 ► JAMBLED befuddled, bewildered, confused, muddled, jumbled → Amer. dial.
1788 ► MUZZED confused or befuddled, esp. from alcohol; drunk → sl.
1790 ► MUDDLED confused in mind, befuddled; disorganized, disordered
1798 ► MUZZY-HEADED confused, befuddled → colloq.
1873 ► THROUGH ANOTHER befuddled, confused; mixed up together, in disorder → Amer. dial.
20C.. ► WOOZY befuddled; not fully alert and conscious; half-asleep → Amer. sl.
1967 ► JAMBLED UP befuddled, confused, jumbled; awry → Amer. dial.
1968 ► FARBLONJET befuddled, confused; lost, astray → Amer. dial., rhymes with ‘car lawn kit’
1968 ► FARCHADAT → FARCHADET → FARCHARDET confused, befuddled → US sl.
1968 ► MISCONFUDDLED befuddled, confused → Amer. dial.
1968 ► MISFUDDLED befuddled, confused → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1824 ► OOZILY in a befuddled and slovenly manner → Sc.
NOUNS
1930 ► MUZZY-HEADEDNESS a befuddled or intoxicated condition
VERBS
1786 ► MUZZ to make muzzy or confused; to befuddle → sl.
1796 ► MUZZLE to make muzzy or confused; to befuddle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
E19.. ► DUST THE EYES OF to befuddle, to bamboozle → sl.
1967 ► JABBLE to befuddle, to confuse → Amer. dial.