muddle

Senso (English)

1. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
2. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
3. To dabble in mud.
4. To make turbid or muddy.
5. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
6. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
7. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

mess

confusion

mare’s nest

be distracted

dog’s breakfast

make a mess of

box-up

lack of order

dog’s dinner

render confused

make unstable

Frequenza

Con il trattino come

mud‧dle

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmʌdl̩/

Inherited from inglese medio

Cognate with olandese

Cognate with tedesco

In summary

From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

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