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recombobulation

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The act of recombobulating; putting back into order; removing confusion.

uncountable

Examples

“1970 — Amanda Cross, Poetic Justice, p.42, Knopf, 1970 OCLC 76577. ...to the conversation of last⟳ night, why has misrule and horseplay brought you to such a state of discombobulation? Or, since it has, may I offer⟳ my help⟳ in recombobulation?”
“"Is that any way to treat⟳ a lady?" she said, adjusting her adipose folds and swatting leaves from her thick wool sweater. "Oh," I stammered, attempting to help⟳ her in her huffing recombobulation. "Oh."”
“Jesus had shown an intense lack of interest⟳ in this, or any of the other animal-centric schemes that his mother devised such as Wombat Wrangling and Poaching or Bear⟳ Wrestling, as he had his own⟳ inventiveness to attend⟳ to, such as soap recombobulation.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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