Dictionary

becroggle en · VERB

Etymology

From be- + croggle.

Meanings

1. (dated, slang) To cause shock or confusion sufficient to cause brief paralysis.
   • I'm becroggled by the scorn heaped upon the perfectly useful word "salesperson"... but that's neither here nor there. 1996 September 20, Lee Billings, “Genderless nouns (was Re: English ladies)”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), message-ID <51t4ol$d3h@news.chattanooga.net>:
   • I'm becroggled. I've never made a pie crust with anything other than butter. 2005 December 21, Susan, “Re: AKICIF: Cooking. Specifically, shortening substitutes.”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <1135194298.788220.233450@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>:
   • When I finally figured out that she was asking if I was sad at not winning a Nebula, I was becroggled. I finally found my voice and told her that in twenty-five years of reading and writing science fiction, I had heard a hell of a lot of gauche questions, butthat really took the cake. 1982, Marion Zimmer Bradley, “Darkover Retrospective”, in The Planet Savers/Sword of Aldones, page 347:

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