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English
Etymology
Late 18th century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered. From be- + twattle (“to talk”) + -ed.
Adjective
betwattled (comparative more betwattled, superlative most betwattled)
- (archaic, West Country) surprised, confounded, befuddled, to be in a distressed state of mind.
2007, Eloise McGraw, The Moorchild, page 39:But everybody—except Anwara, who was plainly betwattled—admitted the child was strange.
2016 March 4, “Champions League does not need likes of Leicester, says US sports executive”, in Reddit, r/Soccer:I'm betwattled about the twatty things this no name is saying.
Verb
betwattled
- (archaic) simple past and past participle of betwattle
References
- A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, John S. Farmer and W. E. Henly, 1905. Betwaddled. Retrieved from archive.org
- Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire, Williams and Jones, 1873. Betwaddled. Retrieved online.
- Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 253