etymology - If you can be "discombobulated", is it possible to be "combobulated"?


I've often heard the word "discombobulated" used. But I've never heard of something being "combobulated", and it's not in any dictionary I've looked at. If "combobulated" is not word, where did "discombobulated" come from?




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