See muddle on Wiktionary
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"text": "c. 1721-1722, Jonathan Swift, The Progress of Marriage\nYoung ducklings foster'd by a hen;\nBut, when let out, they run and muddle"
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"ref": "1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:",
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"ref": "1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter VIII. A Continuation of the Conversation betwixt John Bull and His Wife.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC, page 99:",
"text": "[…] I vvas for five Years often drunk, alvvays muddled, they carry'd me from Tavern to Tavern, to Alehouſes and Brandy Shops, and brought me acquainted vvith ſuch ſtrange Dogs!",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "impasticciare"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "aggrovigliare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
"word": "arruffare"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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},
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
"word": "cuir tro-chèile"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "mix together, to mix up; to confuse",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "kótyagossá tesz"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially",
"word": "fejébe száll"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"text": "The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.",
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"ref": "2023 July 24, Jason Horowitz, “What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"word": "ارتباك"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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},
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"tags": [
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"word": "pagaille"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Wirrwarr"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"word": "zagyvaság"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"word": "rendetlenség"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"word": "felfordulás"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pasticcio"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"tags": [
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"word": "casino"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"masculine"
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"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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"word": "pateracchio"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "intruglio"
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"code": "oc",
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"code": "oc",
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"code": "oc",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"word": "röra"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"word": "oreda"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "a mixture; a confusion; a garble",
"word": "virrvarr"
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"ref": "1985, Lizzie Hessel, Ann Brown, Anne Rose, Lizzie: A Victorian Lady's Amazon Adventure, page 132:",
"text": "We bought a few rugs and odds and ends and our sitting room looks quite European; then we have a bedroom with 2 beds and a dressing room, also a corridor for the muddles and servants.",
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"ref": "2022, Carl Thompson, Katrina O'Loughlin, Éadaoin Agnew, Women's Travel Writings in India 1777–1854, page 201:",
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