perplexadj.

Brit.

/pəˈplɛks/, U.S.

/pərˈplɛks/

Forms: late Middle English–1700s 1900s– perplex, 1500s–1600s perplexe.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perplexus.

Etymology: < classical Latin perplexus involved, confused, intricate < per- per- prefix + plexus interwoven, entangled, involved, intricate, past participle of plectere to plait, interweave (see plexus n.). (Latin had no verb *perplectere). Compare Middle French, French perplexe confused, complicated (c1355), embarrassed (1403 as perplex).

Now rare.

1. = perplexed adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]

yblenta1225

amazed?c1225

wory?c1225

mingedc1275

willc1300

distracta1340

confounded1362

confuse1362

distraitc1374

whapedc1374

wilsomea1375

poseletc1390

distraught1393

perplexa1425

wildc1440

wiltc1440

dodemusydc1450

mistedc1450

unclearc1475

mazed1493

perplexeda1500

traversablea1500

mazyc1525

entangled1561

muddy?1571

distraughted1572

moidered1587

wondering1592

puzzled1598

plundered1601

distracted1604

uncollected1613

wildered1642

turbid1647

tosticated1650

fuddled1656

pixie-led1659

puzzling1692

bumbazed1720

maffled1820

obfuscated1822

confused1825

muddly1829

mystified1833

maze1842

obfusticatedc1844

head-scratching1849

clueless1862

flustery1862

befogged1868

deurmekaar1871

mosy1887

skewgee1890

buggered-up1893

confusticated1898

smock-ravelled1904

messed-up1913

screwed-up1943

hung up1945

lost1967

gravelled-

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 422 Þe popis lawe..makiþ hem [sc. men] perplex and bindiþ her conscience wiþ feyned bondis.

1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.j I am perplexe or douteful in this mater.

?1548 tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Ciii^v So dyd the sophihical [read sophistical] doctours..holde the miserable consciences to muche perplexe.

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 91^v Ȝour maister..vas na les perplex in this mater nor ȝe ar.

1987 D. Sevin in A. Ugrinsky Goethe in Twentieth Cent. xi. 68 He uses those passages to startle and impress, enjoying the perplex reaction of those he addresses.

2. = perplexed adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or complex

nice?a1500

perplexeda1522

perplex1534

intricablea1540

implicate1555

labyrinthed1641

complexed1646

knotted1649

complicated1656

plicated1666

complicatea1687

complex1715

Byzantine1937

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1309/1 An other maner of rekenynge, with which wee shall not neede to medle. This muche is perplex inough.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1951/2 Obscure and perplexe kynd of writyng.

1610 J. Dove Advt. Seminaries 2 The matter..seemeth perplexe, and very difficult.

1684 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 139 To give some light..by..extricating what is perplex and entangled.

1701 J. Belcher Singular Happiness 19 In all their perplex, ambiguous, knotty, and most intricate cases.

1908 A. P. Graves Irish Poems (ed. 2) 64 Each indwelling essence That forms them feels the old Creative Presence Maddening their rest, and drawing them to mix In other moulds, and all that is perplex.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

perplexv.

Brit.

/pəˈplɛks/, U.S.

/pərˈplɛks/

Forms: late Middle English– perplex, 1500s perplexe.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: perplex adj.

Etymology: < perplex adj. Compare slightly later perplexed adj.

a. transitive. Esp. of something complicated or unexplained: to cause (a person) to feel troubled by deep uncertainty; to puzzle greatly; to baffle, confuse, bewilder. Frequently in passive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make perplexed

perplex1477

puzzlec1595

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]

abobc1330

confusec1350

confoundc1374

cumbera1375

passc1384

maskerc1400

mopc1425

enose1430

manga1450

overmusec1460

perplex1477

maze1482

enmuse1502

ruffle?a1505

unsteady1532

entangle1540

duddle1548

intricate1548

distraught1579

distract1582

mizzle1583

moider1587

amuse1595

mist1598

bepuzzle1599

gravel1601

plunder1601

puzzle1603

intrigue1612

vexa1613

metagrobolize?a1616

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fuddle1617

crucify1621

bumfiddlea1625

implicate1625

giddify1628

wilder1642

buzzlea1644

empuzzle1646

dunce1649

addle1652

meander1652

emberlucock1653

flounder1654

study1654

disorient1655

embarrass?1656

essome1660

embrangle1664

jumble1668

dunt1672

muse1673

clutter1685

emblustricate1693

fluster1720

disorientate1728

obfuscate1729

fickle1736

flustrate1797

unharmonize1797

mystify1806

maffle1811

boggle1835

unballast1836

stomber1841

throw1844

serpentine1850

unbalance1856

tickle1865

fog1872

bumfuzzle1878

wander1897

to put off1909

defeat1914

dither1919

befuddle1926

ungear1931

to screw up1941

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 In diuerse & many sondry wyses man is perplexid with worldly aduersitees.

1557 M. Basset tr. T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1390/1 Sundry matters as in such a sodain styrre very sore perplexed theim.

1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. C4^v Thus was the poore manne perplexed with a doubtfull Dilemma.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 147 Fra. I am perplext, and know not what to say. Pan. What canst thou say, but wil perplex thee more?

1671 A. Marvell Let. 21 Feb. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 270 I think we shall perplex one of them against the other so that neither shall make any progresse.

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 28 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1669 Little minds are in a hurry,..they run, they hare, they puzzle, confound, and perplex, themselves.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xviii. 577 Perplex not with these cares thy soul.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. xii. 287 Their contradictory accounts..serve only to perplex..the student.

1907 Athenæum 25 May 638/1 Several of the thorniest questions which have perplexed both ancient and modern logicians.

2001 Independent 14 Aug. i. 5/5 The International Organisation for Standardisation (IOS) confirmed yesterday it was introducing two new hieroglyphs to perplex washing machine owners around the world.

b. transitive. To trouble, afflict, torment. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex

gremec893

dretchc900

awhenec1000

teenOE

fretc1290

annoyc1300

atrayc1320

encumberc1330

diseasec1340

grindc1350

distemperc1386

offenda1387

arra1400

avexa1400

derea1400

miscomforta1400

angerc1400

engrievec1400

vex1418

molesta1425

entrouble?1435

destroublea1450

poina1450

rubc1450

to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450

disprofit1483

agrea1492

trouble1515

grig1553

mis-set?1553

nip?1553

grate1555

gripe1559

spitec1563

fike?1572

gall1573

corsie1574

corrosive1581

touch1581

disaccommodate1586

macerate1588

perplex1590

thorn1592

exulcerate1593

plague1595

incommode1598

affret1600

brier1601

to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603

discommodate1606

incommodate1611

to grate on or upon1631

disincommodate1635

shog1636

ulcerate1647

incommodiate1650

to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653

discommodiate1654

discommode1657

ruffle1659

regrate1661

disoblige1668

torment1718

pesta1729

chagrin1734

pingle1740

bothera1745

potter1747

wherrit1762

to tweak the nose of1784

to play up1803

tout1808

rasp1810

outrage1818

worrit1818

werrit1825

buggerlug1850

taigle1865

get1867

to give a person the pip1881

to get across ——1888

nark1888

eat1893

to twist the tail1895

dudgeon1906

to tweak the tail of1909

sore1929

to put up1930

wouldn't it rip you!1941

sheg1943

to dick around1944

cheese1946

to pee off1946

to honk off1970

to fuck off1973

to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977

to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983

to wind up1984

to dick about1996

to-teen-

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc4^v By long triall of the inward griefe..Could iudge what paines doé louing harts perplexe.

1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 14 She was miserably perplexed with the doubtfull deliuery of a dangerously begunne abortion.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 129 in Trav. Persia His Distemper still perplex'd him.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 136 We were a little perplex'd by the servants.

1762 T. Bridges Homer Travestie I. iii. 192 Can wretched mortals thee [sc. Hera] perplex, And an imortal being vex?

1815 C. Nooth Orig. Poems & Play 13 Dark is his humble dwelling, cold and drear, Perplex'd with sounds to vex the studious ear.

1981 Dict. National Biogr. 1961–70 1018/2 This area, racked by the aftermath of war..and perplexed and harassed by birth throes of independence.

c. intransitive. To perplex a person, to give rise to perplexity. rare.

ΚΠ

1623 Ld. Conway in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 155 That which pinch't and perplex't most.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xvii. 104 Because the parts of such an Idea, not being perceived to be, as they are, inconsistent, the one side or other always perplexes.

1998 Chicago Tribune 27 May ii. 7/2 Not that the Onion, so named for no real reason except to perplex, is fresh.

2. transitive. To make (a matter, subject, issue, etc.) complicated and hence puzzling, doubtful, or difficult to deal with; to give an unnecessarily complicated or subtle account of. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex

perplex1547

encumber1561

intricate1564

impester1601

daedalizea1618

entangle1672

intriguea1677

embarrass1684

complicate1832

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)]

obfusk1490

darken1526

obfuscate1536

perplex1547

overcloudc1550

offuscate1567

obscure1584

offusque1599

intenebrate1618

tenebrificatec1743

nubilate1801

riddle1817

obscurify1826

obfusticate1834

fog1847

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)]

entrike?c1425

envolde1451

involve1533

perplex1547

enfold1605

daedalizea1618

fasel1636

interpuzzle1650

puzzle1652

ravel1656

intriguea1677

complicate1832

to twist up1864

1547 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 12 Nov. (1933) 412 And thus me seemeth I se my matter perplexed.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chicaner, to wrangle, or pettifog it; to spoyle, or perplex a cause with craftie, or litigious pleading.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. iii. §3. 219 A very good, and a sound reason; though somewhat, perhaps, perplexed vnto the vulgar vnderstanding, through [etc.].

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 228 Our peace both of Church and Common-wealth hath beene a little plundered and perplexed.

1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 35 He added Three Hundred Commons to the Senate, which perplexed the Power of the whole Order, and rendred it ineffectual.

1771 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) V. 135 Perplexing a subject plain in itself.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. xiii. 238 All the difficulties that must have perplexed the engagement, and retarded the marriage, of Edward and herself.

a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) iii. 61 It is possible by a cloud of unmeaning words to perplex the question.

a1917 E. Thomas Coll. Poems (1920) 97 Even to one that knows it [sc. the herb Old Man, or Lad's-Love], the names Half decorate, half perplex, the thing it is.

†3. transitive. To make tangled or disordered; to entangle, intertwine. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > entangle or make tangled [verb (transitive)]

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perplex1642

fankle1724

warple1768

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intertwist1797

taffle1840

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L7 An heap of orbs disorderly perplext.

a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 37 White, perplexed (as it were) with a ruddy colour.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 222 These fellows..are perpetually perplexing and entangling themselves in their own nonsense.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 56. ¶3 A thick Forest made up of Bushes, Brambles, and pointed Thorns, so perplexed and interwoven with one another, that it was impossible to find a Passage through it.

1765 O. Goldsmith Ess. xxvi. 232 Thus to perplex the ravell'd nooze, While each a different way pursues.

1835 T. T. Stoddart Art of Angling in Scotl. (1836) 41 Some trout..attempt to cut or perplex the tackle among stones or weeds.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xviii. 204 The complication of narrow streets which perplex that portion of the city.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	perplex
释义	perplexn. Brit. /pəˈplɛks/, U.S. /pərˈplɛks/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: perplex adj., perplex v. Etymology: < perplex adj. or perplex v. Compare post-classical Latin plexus interwoven (see plexus n.). Compare also Middle French perplexe affliction, suffering (1530). Compare earlier perplexedness n., perplexion n., and perplexity n. rare before 20th cent. = perplexity n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or perplexity > a difficult or perplexing problem perplexity1589 perplex1652 tostication1748 aporia1893 headache1909 head-scratcher1938 migraine1942 ass-kicker1973 1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 36 Ready to perform that office with the least trouble and perplex. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 194 There, there's a perplex! I could have wished..the author..had added notes. 1963 F. C. Crews (title) The Pooh perplex: a student casebook. 1989 S. Kaplan & E. Kaplan Black Presence in Amer. Revol. iv. 115 A recent study sees him as a perplex of unbearable social and psychic tensions. 1998 Village Voice (N.Y.) 29 Sept. 41/2 The widespread revulsion at Clinton's conduct has more than a little of the slogan artist Barbara Kruger invented to describe the American sexual perplex: ‘Protect Me From What I Want!’ 2000 S. Heighton Shadow Boxer ii. xix. 281 Leading Sevigne into a perplex of office-lined hallways..he doesn't turn his face but for the occasional glance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). perplexadj. Brit. /pəˈplɛks/, U.S. /pərˈplɛks/ Forms: late Middle English–1700s 1900s– perplex, 1500s–1600s perplexe. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perplexus. Etymology: < classical Latin perplexus involved, confused, intricate < per- per- prefix + plexus interwoven, entangled, involved, intricate, past participle of plectere to plait, interweave (see plexus n.). (Latin had no verb perplectere). Compare Middle French, French perplexe* confused, complicated (c1355), embarrassed (1403 as perplex). Now rare. 1. = perplexed adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective] yblenta1225 amazed?c1225 wory?c1225 mingedc1275 willc1300 distracta1340 confounded1362 confuse1362 distraitc1374 whapedc1374 wilsomea1375 poseletc1390 distraught1393 perplexa1425 wildc1440 wiltc1440 dodemusydc1450 mistedc1450 unclearc1475 mazed1493 perplexeda1500 traversablea1500 mazyc1525 entangled1561 muddy?1571 distraughted1572 moidered1587 wondering1592 puzzled1598 plundered1601 distracted1604 uncollected1613 wildered1642 turbid1647 tosticated1650 fuddled1656 pixie-led1659 puzzling1692 bumbazed1720 maffled1820 obfuscated1822 confused1825 muddly1829 mystified1833 maze1842 obfusticatedc1844 head-scratching1849 clueless1862 flustery1862 befogged1868 deurmekaar1871 mosy1887 skewgee1890 buggered-up1893 confusticated1898 smock-ravelled1904 messed-up1913 screwed-up1943 hung up1945 lost1967 gravelled- a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 422 Þe popis lawe..makiþ hem [sc. men] perplex and bindiþ her conscience wiþ feyned bondis. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.j I am perplexe or douteful in this mater. ?1548 tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Ciii^v So dyd the sophihical [read sophistical] doctours..holde the miserable consciences to muche perplexe. 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 91^v Ȝour maister..vas na les perplex in this mater nor ȝe ar. 1987 D. Sevin in A. Ugrinsky Goethe in Twentieth Cent. xi. 68 He uses those passages to startle and impress, enjoying the perplex reaction of those he addresses. 2. = perplexed adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or complex nice?a1500 perplexeda1522 perplex1534 intricablea1540 implicate1555 labyrinthed1641 complexed1646 knotted1649 complicated1656 plicated1666 complicatea1687 complex1715 Byzantine1937 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1309/1 An other maner of rekenynge, with which wee shall not neede to medle. This muche is perplex inough. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1951/2 Obscure and perplexe kynd of writyng. 1610 J. Dove Advt. Seminaries 2 The matter..seemeth perplexe, and very difficult. 1684 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 139 To give some light..by..extricating what is perplex and entangled. 1701 J. Belcher Singular Happiness 19 In all their perplex, ambiguous, knotty, and most intricate cases. 1908 A. P. Graves Irish Poems (ed. 2) 64 Each indwelling essence That forms them feels the old Creative Presence Maddening their rest, and drawing them to mix In other moulds, and all that is perplex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). perplexv. Brit. /pəˈplɛks/, U.S. /pərˈplɛks/ Forms: late Middle English– perplex, 1500s perplexe. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: perplex adj. Etymology: < perplex adj. Compare slightly later perplexed adj. 1. a. transitive. Esp. of something complicated or unexplained: to cause (a person) to feel troubled by deep uncertainty; to puzzle greatly; to baffle, confuse, bewilder. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make perplexed perplex1477 puzzlec1595 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 In diuerse & many sondry wyses man is perplexid with worldly aduersitees. 1557 M. Basset tr. T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1390/1 Sundry matters as in such a sodain styrre very sore perplexed theim. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. C4^v Thus was the poore manne perplexed with a doubtfull Dilemma. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 147 Fra. I am perplext, and know not what to say. Pan. What canst thou say, but wil perplex thee more? View more context for this quotation 1671 A. Marvell Let. 21 Feb. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 270 I think we shall perplex one of them against the other so that neither shall make any progresse. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 28 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1669 Little minds are in a hurry,..they run, they hare, they puzzle, confound, and perplex, themselves. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xviii. 577 Perplex not with these cares thy soul. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. xii. 287 Their contradictory accounts..serve only to perplex..the student. 1907 Athenæum 25 May 638/1 Several of the thorniest questions which have perplexed both ancient and modern logicians. 2001 Independent 14 Aug. i. 5/5 The International Organisation for Standardisation (IOS) confirmed yesterday it was introducing two new hieroglyphs to perplex washing machine owners around the world. b. transitive. To trouble, afflict, torment. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc4^v By long triall of the inward griefe..Could iudge what paines doé louing harts perplexe. 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 14 She was miserably perplexed with the doubtfull deliuery of a dangerously begunne abortion. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 129 in Trav. Persia His Distemper still perplex'd him. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 136 We were a little perplex'd by the servants. 1762 T. Bridges Homer Travestie I. iii. 192 Can wretched mortals thee [sc. Hera] perplex, And an imortal being vex? 1815 C. Nooth Orig. Poems & Play 13 Dark is his humble dwelling, cold and drear, Perplex'd with sounds to vex the studious ear. 1981 Dict. National Biogr. 1961–70 1018/2 This area, racked by the aftermath of war..and perplexed and harassed by birth throes of independence. c. intransitive. To perplex a person, to give rise to perplexity. rare. ΚΠ 1623 Ld. Conway in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 155 That which pinch't and perplex't most. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xvii. 104 Because the parts of such an Idea, not being perceived to be, as they are, inconsistent, the one side or other always perplexes. 1998 Chicago Tribune 27 May ii. 7/2 Not that the Onion, so named for no real reason except to perplex, is fresh. 2. transitive. To make (a matter, subject, issue, etc.) complicated and hence puzzling, doubtful, or difficult to deal with; to give an unnecessarily complicated or subtle account of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex perplex1547 encumber1561 intricate1564 impester1601 daedalizea1618 entangle1672 intriguea1677 embarrass1684 complicate1832 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)] obfusk1490 darken1526 obfuscate1536 perplex1547 overcloudc1550 offuscate1567 obscure1584 offusque1599 intenebrate1618 tenebrificatec1743 nubilate1801 riddle1817 obscurify1826 obfusticate1834 fog1847 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)] entrike?c1425 envolde1451 involve1533 perplex1547 enfold1605 daedalizea1618 fasel1636 interpuzzle1650 puzzle1652 ravel1656 intriguea1677 complicate1832 to twist up1864 1547 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 12 Nov. (1933) 412 And thus me seemeth I se my matter perplexed. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chicaner, to wrangle, or pettifog it; to spoyle, or perplex a cause with craftie, or litigious pleading. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. iii. §3. 219 A very good, and a sound reason; though somewhat, perhaps, perplexed vnto the vulgar vnderstanding, through [etc.]. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 228 Our peace both of Church and Common-wealth hath beene a little plundered and perplexed. 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons iii. 35 He added Three Hundred Commons to the Senate, which perplexed the Power of the whole Order, and rendred it ineffectual. 1771 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) V. 135 Perplexing a subject plain in itself. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. xiii. 238 All the difficulties that must have perplexed the engagement, and retarded the marriage, of Edward and herself. View more context for this quotation a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) iii. 61 It is possible by a cloud of unmeaning words to perplex the question. a1917 E. Thomas Coll. Poems (1920) 97 Even to one that knows it [sc. the herb Old Man, or Lad's-Love], the names Half decorate, half perplex, the thing it is. †3. transitive. To make tangled or disordered; to entangle, intertwine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > entangle or make tangled [verb (transitive)] windc1315 harlc1400 snarlc1440 tangle1530 ravela1540 crawl1548 entangle1555 intertangle1589 enroot1600 impester1601 fasel1636 perplex1642 fankle1724 warple1768 hankle1781 intertwist1797 taffle1840 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L7 An heap of orbs disorderly perplext. a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 37 White, perplexed (as it were) with a ruddy colour. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 222 These fellows..are perpetually perplexing and entangling themselves in their own nonsense. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 56. ¶3 A thick Forest made up of Bushes, Brambles, and pointed Thorns, so perplexed and interwoven with one another, that it was impossible to find a Passage through it. 1765 O. Goldsmith Ess. xxvi. 232 Thus to perplex the ravell'd nooze, While each a different way pursues. 1835 T. T. Stoddart Art of Angling in Scotl. (1836) 41 Some trout..attempt to cut or perplex the tackle among stones or weeds. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xviii. 204 The complication of narrow streets which perplex that portion of the city. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1652adj.a1425v.1477
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perplexv.