perplexednessn.
/pəˈplɛksᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /pərˈplɛksədnəs/ Now rare.
The state, condition, or quality of being perplexed; perplexity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun]
deepnessa1000
subtletya1387
difficultyc1405
mistiheadc1425
darknessc1450
obscurity1474
profoundnessc1475
obscureness1509
profundity1559
perplexity1563
opacity1575
darksomeness1583
perplexednessa1586
deptha1593
spinosity1605
abstruseness1628
abstrusity1649
inevidence1673
enigmaticalness1684
dark1699
indistinctness1704
confusion1729
reconditeness1779
obfuscity1832
oracularity1840
irrecognizability1847
recondity1856
unrecognizableness1865
crypticity1892
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun]
mingingOE
riddleOE
cumbermentc1300
willa1325
encumbrancec1330
were1338
perplexitya1393
discomfiturea1425
cumbrancec1460
confuse1483
proplexity1487
perplexion?c1500
amazedness?1520
amazement1553
subversion1558
amaze?1560
perplexednessa1586
confusedness1587
puzzle1599
confusion1600
mizmaze1604
discomfita1616
embarras1627
obfuscation1628
mystery1629
confoundedness1641
puzzledness1662
confuseness1710
puzzlement1731
puzzledom1748
embarrassment1751
puzzleation1767
bepuzzlement1806
conjecture1815
mystification1817
bewilderment1819
perplexment1826
fuddle1827
wilderment1830
discomforture1832
head-scratching1832
baffle1843
posement1850
muddlement1857
turbidity1868
fogging1878
bemuddlement1884
harl1889
befuddlement1905
turbidness1906
wuzziness1942
perplexability1999
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun]
intricatenessa1586
perplexednessa1586
involution1611
mixture1614
complicateness1656
puzzledness1662
complexedness1690
complexation1707
complexness1727
complexity1790
complication1793
complicacy18..
complicatedness1818
complicity1847
involvedness1867
multiplexity1938
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xviii. f. 78 Musidorus shortly (as in hast, and full of passionate perplexednes,) thus recounted his case vnto her.
1606 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes III. §81 They through paine of body, and perplexednesse of minde, shall bee least able to resist.
1653 G. Ashwell Fides Apostolica 9 Plaine, without Perplexednesse, or Obscurity.
a1714 J. Sharp Wks. (1754) I. iii. 62 The uncertainty and perplexedness of all human events.
1885 J. Ingelow Poems 185 Night Descending, come I near, perplexedness, Contempt of danger, to the door o' the keep Drawing me.
1997 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 8 June 29 The Swede's character, in all its perplexedness, is drawn out in cumulative detail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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