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☆ 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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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