betwattle

== English == === Alternative forms === betwaddle === Etymology === Possibly a back formation from betwattled, late 18th-century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered. === Verb === betwattle (third-person singular simple present betwattles, present participle betwattling, simple past and past participle betwattled) (archaic, transitive, West Country) To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind. (archaic, intransitive, West Country) To be in a distressed state of mind. === 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.