dumfungled

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English

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌm.fʌŋɡəld/

Adjective

dumfungled (comparative more dumfungled, superlative most dumfungled)

  1. (US, regional) Worn out, or being in a state of exhaustion.
    • 1842 May 10, Southport Telegraph, volume 2, number 47, Southport, Wisconsin, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 3, column 1:
      Naturalists have puzzled themselves until completely dum-fungled at this remarkable freak of nature.
    • 1885 April 4, “Local Items”, in The Baltimore County Union, volume 36, number 14, Towsonton, Maryland, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 3, column 2:
      —When the County Commissioners—if they ever do—commence to sift the resolutions on the subject of school taxation, they will no doubt become so “dumfungled” as to cause their friends uneasiness as to their ability to pull through safely.

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