† proplexityn.
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).
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