turbidnessn.
/ˈtəːbɪdnɪs/ The quality or condition of being turbid; thickness of a fluid; cloudiness; also figurative.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > qualities of liquid > turbidity or muddiness
drublinessc1440
troubledness?1527
troubliness?1527
mudding1632
muddinessa1667
turbidness1676
turbidity1782
turbescency1834
troubling1842
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
1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 614 It will mixe..without turbidness and without coagulation.
1773 H. Jackson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 5 Instead of clarifying beer, [it] increased both its tenacity and turbidness.
1800 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters iv. 278 Lime water produces a turbidness when added to the fresh water.
1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 194 On examining the anterior chamber [of the eye], all the turbidness had disappeared.
1906 E. A. Abbott Silanus xxxv. 352 Trouble of soul does not mean confusion or turbidness of soul.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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