What is the meaning, origin and usage of word ‘Flummox’?

Meaning: This verb means to confuse.

Origin: No one is completely sure where the word flummox comes from, but Charles Dickens was aware of it and used it in his 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers. It became quite common in both British and American English by the end of the 19th Century. One theory expressed by some etymologists is that it was influenced by flummock, a word of English dialectical origin used to refer to a clumsy person

Usage: This actor gets easily flummoxed by any changes in the script.

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