kerflumixed

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

ker- +‎ flummoxed

Adjective

kerflumixed (comparative more kerflumixed, superlative most kerflumixed)

  1. Discombobulated, flummoxed
    • 1884 April 12, James Whitcomb Riley, Indianapolis Journal:
      You’ve got him clean kerflumixed, and you want to hold him there.
    • 1894, B. F. Sawyer, David and Abigail, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Arena Publishing Company, page 65:
      The ole Jedge was kerflumixed an’ that fixed ’im.
    • 1912 November, “Heart-to-Heart Talks with Philistines by the Pastor of his Flock”, in The Philistine, volume 35, number 6, page 249:
      Let him up, officer, he is all kerflumixed!
    • 1920, Wilbur S. Boyle, “The Lallapaloosa”, in Johnnie Kelly, New York, United States: Grosset & Dunlap, page 69:
      … an’ ev’ry one else done the same, Miss Green too kerflumixed to flag it
    • 2014 February 5, Linda Austin, Midnight Amethyst, Xlibris US, →ISBN:
      Everyone else appeared kerflumixed by the announcement.
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