remuddle

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verb

To muddle something which had previously been made clear.

“I'm afraid your efforts have only remuddled the issue.”

OriginEnglish muddle ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbremuddle (third-person singular simple present remuddles, present participle remuddling, simple past and past participle remuddled)

present singular third person remuddles · participle present remuddling · participle past remuddled · past remuddled

  1. To muddle something which had previously been made clear.

    I'm afraid your efforts have only remuddled the issue.

  2. derogatoryarchitectureTo remodel a building or room in a way that obscures or destroys key aspects of the original design.

    Many survivors were badly remuddled, but several have been restored.

    2004, Alice Sinkevitch et al., AIA Guide to Chicago, →ISBN, page 176

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishmuddle
  7. Englishremuddle

From re- + muddle.

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APA

remuddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remuddle

MLA

“remuddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remuddle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remuddle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remuddle.

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