recombobulation

English

Noun

recombobulation (uncountable)

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

   • 2001, William L. Biersach, The Endless Knot, Lightning Source Inc, →ISBN, page 308:

     "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."

   • 2010, John DeGraffenried, The Amish Catapult: A Tale of Love and Adventure, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

     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.

Antonyms

• discombobulation

Related terms

• discombobulate