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recombobulation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: 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?

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