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discombobulate definition

☆ dis·com·bobu·late (dis′kem bäb′yə lāt′)

transitive verb discombobulated -·lat′ed, discombobulating -·lat′·ing

Informal to upset the composure of; disconcert

Etymology: whimsical alteration and extension, prob. of discomfit

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