Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

combobulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-bob-u-late
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To compose (oneself); to compose, organize, design, or arrange; to reverse the effect of discombobulation.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"After losing his train of thought, the teacher took a deep breath and attempted to combobulate himself."
""I guess it would be better to try to make a Chanute glider—just a pair of sup'rimposed planes, instead of one all combobulated like a bat's wings, like Lilienthal's glider was...""
"...I thought we might do better if she had a moment to combobulate herself on her own terms."
"If he could not measure and scale and combobulate, a computer could do it."
"Alexa climbed grudgingly into the back and their father said to just hold on now while we get ourselves combobulated and handed Alyssa a brimming cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee."
"To keep things not unnecessarily combobulated and focused and the game face on for those that needed me still..."

Etymology

Back-formation from discombobulate.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

combobulates (present, singular) combobulating (participle, present) combobulated (participle, past) combobulated (past)

Synonyms

recombobulate

Questions

What does combobulate mean?: To compose (oneself); to compose, organize, design, or arrange; to reverse the effect of discombobulation.
Where does combobulate come from?: Back-formation from discombobulate.

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