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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUD'DLE, v.t. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
FUD'DLE, v.i. To drink to excess.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother] v
1: make stupid with alcohol [syn: befuddle, fuddle]
2: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: drink, booze, fuddle]
3: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (fuddled; fuddling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1588 intransitive verb booze, tipple transitive verb 1. to make drunk ; intoxicate 2. to make confused ; muddle <corridors, archways, recesses…combined to fuddle any sense of direction — Elizabeth Bowen>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. confuse or stupefy, esp. with alcoholic liquor. 2 intr. tipple, booze. --n. 1 confusion. 2 intoxication. 3 a spell of drinking (on the fuddle). Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fuddle Fud"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p., Fuddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fuddling.] [Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. Fuzzle.] To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [Colloq.] I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. --Steele.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fuddle Fud"dle, v. i. To drink to excess. [Colloq.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Intoxicate, inebriate, muddle, make drunk, stupefy with drink.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Drunk. This is rum fuddle; this is excellent tipple, or drink. Fuddle; drunk. Fuddle cap; a drunkard.

Moby Thesaurus

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