Confustication

/kənˌfʌstɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun

Definition

The act of confusing thoroughly; complete bewilderment or perplexity (archaic or humorous usage).

Etymology

From confusticate + -ion (action or state noun suffix). This is the nominalizations of confusticate, maintaining the archaic or comic quality of its base verb.

Kelly Says

Confustication rarely appears except in historical literature or by writers deliberately employing archaic vocabulary for comic or ornate effect—it's the kind of word that makes you sound like you're from a Victorian novel, which is probably why it never caught on in modern speech.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
መንገድ
men-ged
ARالعربية
التشتت
al-ish-tat
BNবাংলা
ভ্রম
bhrom
CACatalà
confusió
kon-foo-zee-ohn
CSČeština
zmatení
z-ma-te-ni
DADansk
forvirring
for-vir-ring
DEDeutsch
Verwirrung
fer-vyer-roong
ELΕλληνικά
혼란
hon-ran
ESEspañol
confusticación
kon-foo-s-ti-ka-syohn
FAفارسی
سرگشتگی
sar-ghest-ghi
FISuomi
sekaannous
se-ka-an-nous
FRFrançais
confusion
koo-fyoo-zohn
GUGU
ભુલ
bhul
HAHA
gwagwarawa
gwa-gwa-ra-wa
HEעברית
בלבול
bal-bool
HIहिन्दी
भ्रम
bhram
HUMagyar
zavarosod
za-va-ro-sod
IDBahasa Indonesia
kebingungan
ke-bin-gun-gan
IGIG
nkwu
n-k-w-oo
ITItaliano
confusione
kon-foo-zhoh-neh
JA日本語
混乱
konran
KKKK
қателеу
ka-ta-leu
KMKM
កំហុង
kam-hong
KO한국어
혼란
hon-ran
MRMR
भ्रम
bhram
MSBahasa Melayu
kekeliruan
ke-ke-li-ru-an
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောင်း
pya-ng
NLNederlands
verwarring
ver-war-ring
NONorsk
forvirring
for-vir-ring
PAPA
ਗੜਬੜ
gar-dar
PLPolski
zamieszanie
za-me-she-na-nie
PTPortuguês
confusão
kon-foo-zhao
RORomână
confuzie
kon-foo-zee
RUРусский
путаница
poo-tah-ni-tsa
SVSvenska
förvirring
for-vir-ring
SWKiswahili
changamoto
chan-ga-mo-to
TAதமிழ்
மயக்கம்
mayakkam
TEతెలుగు
వందే
van-de
THไทย
ความสับสน
khwam-sap-son
TLTL
kalituhan
ka-li-too-han
TRTürkçe
karışıklık
kar-ish-lik
UKУкраїнська
збентеження
z-ben-te-zhen-nya
URاردو
گھم
ghum
VITiếng Việt
mất phương hướng
mat-phương-huong
YOYO
paapa
pa-a-pa
ZH中文
混乱
hùn lùn
ZUZU
ukuhlakanipha
oo-koo-hla-ka-ni-pha

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