Meanings
comparative more dumfungled · superlative most dumfungled
- USregionalWorn out, or being in a state of exhaustion.
Naturalists have puzzled themselves until completely dum-fungled at this remarkable freak of nature.
1842 May 10, Southport Telegraph, volume 2, number 47, Southport, Wisconsin, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 3, column 11 more example
—When the County Commissioners—if they ever do—commence to sift the resolutions on the subject of school taxation, they will no doubt become so “dumfungled” as to cause their friends uneasiness as to their ability to pull through safely.
1885 April 4, “Local Items”, in The Baltimore County Union, volume 36, number 14, Towsonton, Maryland, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 3, column 2
Origin
Fanciful blend of dumbfounded + bungled.
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