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Sunnychen Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Kerflummuxed

"Tell me everything, Anne, dearie. Since I got your phone I've been in a regular muddle, believe me. Cornelia Bryant was never so kerflummuxed before."(From Anne's House of Dreams)

I can't find this word in the dictionary. Is it an English word? What does it mean?
  

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The word doesn't exist in the online slang dictionary, and it isn't in my American Heritage. I rather imagine it is the author's (or possibly someone else's) own creation. In context, it is easy to see its relationship to being "in a muddle" or totally upset or confused.

— Philip

  • The word doesn't exist in the online slang dictionary, and it isn't in my American Heritage.
  • I rather imagine it is the author's (or possibly someone else's) own creation.
  • In context, it is easy to see its relationship to being "in a muddle" or totally upset or confused.
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The word doesn't exist in the online slang dictionary, and it isn't in my American Heritage. I rather imagine it is the author's (or possibly someone else's) own creation. In context, it is easy to see its relationship to being "in a muddle" or totally upset or confused.
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sunnychenkerflummuxed
It is a coined word from the prefix ker- and the verb flummox
Here are the definitions:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ker-?s=t
ker-
an unstressed syllable prefixed to onomatopoeic and other expressive words, usually formi
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