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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bamboozle

Bam·boo′zle (-z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bamboozled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bamboozling.] [Said to be of Gipsy origin.] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison.

What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? J. H. Newman.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.