fuzzle

/ˈfʌzəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

Archaic; Transitive verb

"if the spirits of the brain be fuzzled or misaffected by such means at such a time, their children will be fuzzled in the brain"
"Through her tears she saw him counting—on his entry into Paradise—the children who had preceded him, and more than ever fuzzled by the flapping of their wings."

Compare Low German fuseln (“to drink common liquor”), from fusel (“bad liquor”).

fuzzles (present, singular) fuzzling (participle, present) fuzzled (participle, past) fuzzled (past)

puzzle muzzle nuzzle guzzle confuzzle buzzle befuzzle

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How do you pronounce fuzzle?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfʌzəl/.

What does fuzzle mean?

To make drunk or confused.

Where does fuzzle come from?

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