FUDDLE
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
(noun) a confused multitude of things
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; “These questions confuse even the experts”; “This question completely threw me”; “This question befuddled even the teacher”
befuddle, fuddle
(verb) make stupid with alcohol
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
fuddle (third-person singular simple present fuddles, present participle fuddling, simple past and past participle fuddled)
(transitive) To confuse or befuddle.
(transitive) To intoxicate.
(intransitive) To become intoxicated; to get drunk.
Noun
fuddle (countable and uncountable, plural fuddles)
Intoxication.
(uncountable) Intoxicating drink; liquor.
Muddle, confusion.
(UK, dialect, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire) A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.
Source: Wiktionary
Fud"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p., Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fuddling.]
Etym: [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. Fuzzle.]
Definition: To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.
[Colloq.]
I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. Steele.
Fud"dle, v. i.
Definition: To drink to excess. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition