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

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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

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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

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