Definition
The act or result of bamboozling; the state of being confused or deceived through clever trickery or misleading information.
Etymology
Formed from bamboozle plus the suffix '-ment' (a common English noun-forming suffix that turns verbs into abstract nouns). The suffix '-ment' comes from Old French and Latin, originally meaning 'result of an action' or 'state of being.'
Kelly Says
English speakers love making new nouns by adding '-ment' to verbs—we turn 'amaze' into 'amazement' and 'confuse' into 'confusion'—so when bamboozlement appeared in writing, it followed this ancient pattern that makes English endlessly flexible.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ማንኛውም ችግር
ma-n-gny-aw-m chi-g-r
ARالعربية
التباس
al-tibaas
CACatalà
confusió
kon-fy-sio
CSČeština
zklamání
zkla-ma-ni
DADansk
forvirring
for-vir-ring
DEDeutsch
Verwirrung
fer-vī-runge
ELΕλληνικά
συγχύση
sin-khy-se
ESEspañol
confusión
kon-fú-syon
FAفارسی
سرگشتگی
sar-geshti-gi
FISuomi
sekaannous
se-ka-an-nous
FRFrançais
bamboozle
bam-boo-zl
HUMagyar
zavarosod
za-va-ro-sod
IDBahasa Indonesia
kebingungan
ke-bin-gun-gan
ITItaliano
confusione
kon-fú-zio-ne
KKKK
қателесі
qa-te-le-si
MSBahasa Melayu
keliru
ke-li-roo
NLNederlands
verwarring
ver-war-ring
NONorsk
forvirring
for-vir-ring
PLPolski
zamieszanie
za-mje-sha-nie
PTPortuguês
confusão
kon-fy-ˈsow
RORomână
împătimire
im-pa-ti-mi-re
RUРусский
смущение
smoot-she-niye
SVSvenska
förvirring
för-vir-ring
SWKiswahili
changamoto
chan-ga-mo-to
TAதமிழ்
குழப்பம்
kuzh-appam
THไทย
ความสับสน
khwam sap-son
TRTürkçe
karışıklık
kar-i-şık-lık
UKУкраїнська
збентеження
zben-te-zhen-nya
VITiếng Việt
bối rối
boi roi