Added 30 September 2026
confused
/kənˈfjuːzd/ verb
In Latin: inconditus Wiktionary
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- simple past and past participle of confuse
adjective
- unable to think clearly or understand
- disoriented
- chaotic, jumbled or muddled
Origin
Originally from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus + Middle English -ed (past participial suffix), from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō; now equivalent to confuse (a back-formation) + -ed.
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