discombobulate

English
WOTD – 9 May 2006

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Etymology

1834 US, fanciful variant of discompose, discomfit, etc., originally discombobricate.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdɪs.kəmˈbɒb.jəˌleɪt/
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Verb

discombobulate (third-person singular simple present discombobulates, present participle discombobulating, simple past and past participle discombobulated)

  1. (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

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See also
  • Appendix:Fanciful 19th century American coinages

References
  1. “discombobulate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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