betwattle

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verb

To surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind.

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Meanings

verbbetwattle (third-person singular simple present betwattles, present participle betwattling, simple past and past participle betwattled)

present singular third person betwattles · participle present betwattling · participle past betwattled · past betwattled · alternative betwaddle

  1. West CountryarchaictransitiveTo surprise, to confound, to befuddle, to put in a distressed state of mind.

    She would not let a man betwattle her with kisses... again.

    1996, Jo Ann Ferguson, Miss Charity's Case (Zebra Regency Romance), →ISBN
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    "No, you have tried to betwattle me by making the facts fit your assumption of who killed you and why."

    2007, Jocelyn Kelley, Lost in Shadow
  2. West CountryarchaicintransitiveTo be in a distressed state of mind.

Origin

Possibly a back formation from betwattled, late 18th-century Dorset British slang for confused, bewildered.

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Cite this entry
APA

betwattle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betwattle

MLA

“betwattle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betwattle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betwattle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betwattle.

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