Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flummoxy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flum-moxy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Informal

Example Sentences

"Bursar come in to dinner all flushed and flummoxy and the Dean's got them high spots on his cheeks he gets when his gander's up and the Tutor don't eat his soup."

Etymology

From flummox + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flummox

Usage

Informal

Questions

What does flummoxy mean?: flummoxed
Where does flummoxy come from?: From flummox + -y.

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