flummox

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily. [OED]. First use appears c. 1837 in the writings of Charles Dickens. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflʌməks/ Rhymes: -ʌməks === Verb === flummox (third-person singular simple present flummoxes, present participle flummoxing, simple past and past participle flummoxed) (transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast. (intransitive, uncommon) To give in, to give up, to collapse. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:confuse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===