confusticate
[ kuh n-fuhs-ti-keyt ]
/ kənˈfʌs tɪˌkeɪt /
verb (used with object), con·fus·ti·cat·ed, con·fus·ti·cat·ing.
Slang.
to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
Origin of confusticate
1845–50; used by J.R.R. Tolkien in
The Hobbit; pseudo-Latinism formed from English
confuse
Words nearby confusticate
confused,
confused elderly,
confused flour beetle,
confusing,
confusion,
confusticate,
confutation,
confute,
cong,
cong.,
conga