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confustication (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The act of confusticating; confusion; perplexity.
    • 2015, Gregory Maguire, After Alice:
      'Malarkey and confustication,' said Mrs Brummidge, trying not to laugh.
    • 2016, Margaret Mahy, Nonstop Nonsense:
      “Well,” thought the wizard, “here's a man who uses words for the purposes of confustication. Here's a man who chops words and changes meanings. []