remuddle

To muddle something which had previously been made clear.

Verb

  1. To muddle something which had previously been made clear.
    • I'm afraid your efforts have only remuddled the issue.
  2. To remodel a building or room in a way that obscures or destroys key aspects of the original design.
    • Many survivors were badly remuddled, but several have been restored. - 2004, Alice Sinkevitch et al., AIA Guide to Chicago, →ISBN, page 176:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English muddle English remuddle From re- + muddle.

Forms

remuddles remuddling remuddled