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flummox

/ˈflʌməks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
flum-mox
IPA
/ˈflʌməks/
21
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

Transitive verb

verb

To give in, to give up, to collapse.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Uncertain, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily. [OED]. First use appears c. 1837 in the writings of Charles Dickens.

Usage

Inflected Forms

flummoxes (present, singular) flummoxing (participle, present) flummoxed (participle, past) flummoxed (past)

Derived Forms

flummoxable flummoxed flummoxer flummoxery flummoxing flummoxy kerflummox

Synonyms

perplex vex stick get puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder stupefy nonplus

Rhymes With

talks walks hawks faux stalks hawkes fawkes vaux chalks balks unbox squawks

Questions

How do you pronounce flummox?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈflʌməks/.
What does flummox mean?
To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
Where does flummox come from?
Uncertain, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily. [OED]. First use appears c. 1837 in the writings of Charles Dickens.

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