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flum´mox|er — flum|mox «FLUHM uhks», transitive verb. Informal. to bring to confusion; confound; bewilder. ╂[apparently from dialectal flummocks to maul, mangle] –flum´mox|er, noun … Useful english dictionary
flum — be·flum; flum; flum·ma·did·dle; flum·mer; flum·mery; flum·mox; flum·a·did·dle; flum·did·dle; flum·mer·did·dle; flum·my·did·dle; … English syllables
mox — co·mox; lum·mox; mox·ie; mox·ie·ber·ry; po·mox·is; sto·mox·ys; mox·i·bus·tion; ta·mox·i·fen; flum·mox; mox·ie·plum; … English syllables
flummox — flum·mox … English syllables
flummoxed — flum|moxed [ flʌməkst ] adjective extremely confused: I was flummoxed by her direct question. ╾ flum|mox verb transitive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flummox — flum•mox [[t]ˈflʌm əks[/t]] v. t. inf inf to bewilder; confound; confuse • Etymology: 1830–40; orig. uncert … From formal English to slang
RHENUS — German. der Rhein, vel Rhyn, Gall. le Rhin, Batavis de Rhyn, notissimus, et maximus Germaniae post Danubi um fluvius, illam a Gallia disterminans, a lacu Constantiensi Basileam usque, postquam prius Rhetos ab Helvetia, a fontibus nempe usque ad… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ARAR — fluv. Galliae Narbonensis ex monte Vogeso, in confinio lotharingiae, per Comitatum et Ducatum Burgundiae fluit, ubi auctus fluv. Dubi aliisque et rigatis Graeô, Cabillone et Matiscone Rhodanum iuxta Lugdunum se exonerat. Clarus ponte Caesaris,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
SERPENS — callidissimum animal, inter bestias agri, Gen. c. 3. v. 1. hominique ante lapsum gratissimum, ob peculiarem hunc prudentiae characterem, quae non ratione, sed celerrimo spirituum ac membrorum, ad haec illaque obiecta, motu constabat; mox Satanae… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
TIGRIS — I. TIGRIS quadrupedum pulcherrima, ut pavo avium, Oppianus, Cyneget. l. 3. v. 340. Τίγριδος αὖ μετέπειτα κλυτὸν δέμας ἀείδωμεν Τῆς οὐ τερπνότερον φύσις ὤπαϚε τεχνήεςςα, Ο᾿φθαλμοῖσιν ἰδεῖν, θηρῶν μετὰ πουλυν` ὅμιλον, Τόςςον δ᾿ ἐν θήρεςςι μέγ᾿… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
