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English
Etymology
From ker- + flummoxed.
Adjective
kerflumixed (comparative more kerflumixed, superlative most kerflumixed)
- Discombobulated, flummoxed
1894, B. F. Sawyer, David and Abigail, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Arena Publishing Company, page 65:The ole Jedge was kerflumixed an’ that fixed ’im.
1912 November, “Heart-to-Heart Talks with Philistines by the Pastor of his Flock”, in The Philistine, volume 35, number 6, page 249:Let him up, officer, he is all kerflumixed!
1920, Wilbur S. Boyle, “The Lallapaloosa”, in Johnnie Kelly, New York, United States: Grosset & Dunlap, page 69:… an’ ev’ry one else done the same, Miss Green too kerflumixed to flag it
2014 February 5, Linda Austin, Midnight Amethyst, Xlibris US, →ISBN:Everyone else appeared kerflumixed by the announcement.