† proplexityn.

Forms: 1500s proplexitie; Scottish pre-1700 proplexetie, pre-1700 proplexite.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: perplexity n.

Etymology: Alteration of perplexity n. with prefix substitution (see pro- prefix¹). Compare Middle French proplexité (late 14th cent.; rare), variant of perplexité perplexity n.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

= perplexity n. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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] > a complicated state of affairs

labyrinthc1450

proplexity1487

maze1531

perplexity1563

intricacy1611

intrigo1648

intrigue1660

intricoa1670

wheels within wheels1679

imbroglio1818

involvement1821

scrimmage1852

situation1954

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 530 Set in-till herd proplexite.

c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 1332 He estounit with gret proplexite.

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 61 And als thai war in sic ane quantetie That all that ost war in proplexite.

1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Kyfing gyngor, Proplexitie.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 148 His realme stuide in gret proplexetie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	proplexity
释义	† proplexityn. Forms: 1500s proplexitie; Scottish pre-1700 proplexetie, pre-1700 proplexite. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: perplexity n. Etymology: Alteration of perplexity n. with prefix substitution (see pro- prefix¹). Compare Middle French proplexité (late 14th cent.; rare), variant of perplexité perplexity n. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. = perplexity n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ 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] > a complicated state of affairs labyrinthc1450 proplexity1487 maze1531 perplexity1563 intricacy1611 intrigo1648 intrigue1660 intricoa1670 wheels within wheels1679 imbroglio1818 involvement1821 scrimmage1852 situation1954 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 530 Set in-till herd proplexite. c1500 W. Kennedy Passion of Christ 1332 He estounit with gret proplexite. a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 61 And als thai war in sic ane quantetie That all that ost war in proplexite. 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Kyfing gyngor, Proplexitie. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 148 His realme stuide in gret proplexetie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1487
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