befuzzle

English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of befuddle +‎ puzzle. Compare confuzzle.

Verb edit

befuzzle (third-person singular simple present befuzzles, present participle befuzzling, simple past and past participle befuzzled)

(informal) To confuse
- 1967, Viola E. Koch, This Young Country: A Saga of America in Transition:
  There is hardly a family in the land not touched by death in their families because of it as alcohol rides our highways befuzzling the minds of our nation's drivers