fuddle /ˈfʌdəl/noun 4verb 3forms 3 noun4 •Intoxication. •Muddle, confusion. •(dialect, UK) A party or picnic where attendees bring food and wine; a kind of potluck.Yesterday we were invited to a fuddle. This is a new word & was a new experience for us. Very pleasant it was too. — 2007 •Intoxicating drink; liquor. verb3 •To intoxicate.If an author fuddles himself, I don’t know why he should be let off a headache the next morning […] — 1848 •To confuse or befuddle.She's fuddled my fancy, she's muddled me good / I've taken to drinking, and given up food — 1973 •To become intoxicated; to get drunk.Pipes I blew, on malt I fuddled, / A lushy man! / Till my mind and head got muddled, / Dissipated man! — 1860 formsfuddled · fuddling · fuddles
