metagrobolize

transitive verb

meta·​grob·​o·​lize

ˌmetəˈgräbəˌlīz

variants or less commonly metagrabolize

-rab-

-ed/-ing/-s

: puzzle, mystify

all this duncical nonsense has my brains metagrobolized

—Wall Street Journal

Word History

Etymology

obsolete French metagraboulizer, matagraboliser, from Middle French matagraboliser, matagroboliser

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