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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: fuddle 'to drink alcohol, make drunk' (16-21 centuries)

befuddled

 adjective
     
be‧fud‧dled
completely confused:
Even in my befuddled state I could find my key.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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