FUZZLE

Etymology

Verb

fuzzle (third-person singular simple present fuzzles, present participle fuzzling, simple past and past participle fuzzled)

(obsolete, transitive) To make drunk; to intoxicate.

Source: Wiktionary


Fuz"zle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LG. fuseln to drink common liquor, fr. fusel bad liquor.]

Definition: To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle. [Obs.] Burton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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