procrustean

Pronounced: pruh-KUH-stee-uhn, noun

Notes: I had a vague idea of the meaning, but I wasn’t quite right


Yesterday’s word

The word muzzy means

  • mentally confused
  • blurred; indistinct
First usage

Our word came into English in the mid-1700s

Background / Comments

Our word looks a bit like “fuzzy” (in the sense of “confused”) so I was pretty close. It is thought that our word is a blend of muddled and fuzzy.

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