Difference between revisions of "Confusion"
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:b. A [[cause]] of overthrow or ruin. (Cf. ruin.) | :b. A [[cause]] of overthrow or ruin. (Cf. ruin.) | ||
:c. as an imprecation or exclamation. (Cf. CONFOUND 2.) | :c. as an imprecation or exclamation. (Cf. CONFOUND 2.) | ||
− | *2. Mental discomfiture, putting to [[shame]]. | + | *2. [[Mind|Mental]] discomfiture, putting to [[shame]]. |
:b. Overthrow or discomfiture in [[argument]]; confutation. Obs. | :b. Overthrow or discomfiture in [[argument]]; confutation. Obs. | ||
*3. Mental perturbation or agitation such as prevents the full command of the faculties; embarrassment, perplexity, fluttered condition. | *3. Mental perturbation or agitation such as prevents the full command of the faculties; embarrassment, perplexity, fluttered condition. | ||
− | *4. The action of confounding, confusing, or throwing into disorder: spec. in reference to the ‘confusion of tongues’ at the tower of Babel. | + | *4. The [[action]] of confounding, confusing, or throwing into disorder: spec. in reference to the ‘confusion of tongues’ at the [[tower of Babel]]. |
*5. A confused or disordered condition; disorder. | *5. A confused or disordered condition; disorder. | ||
− | :b. In reference to ideas, notions, etc. | + | :b. In reference to [[ideas]], notions, etc. |
:c. Confused condition of anything. | :c. Confused condition of anything. | ||
:d. with pl. | :d. with pl. | ||
:e. quasi-concr. A confused assemblage of. (rare.) | :e. quasi-concr. A confused assemblage of. (rare.) | ||
− | *6. Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion. b. Civil commotion or disorder. | + | *6. Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion. |
+ | :b. Civil commotion or disorder. | ||
:c. pl. Disorders, commotions. | :c. pl. Disorders, commotions. | ||
− | *7. Mixture in which the distinction of the elements is lost by fusion, blending, or intimate intermingling. | + | *7. Mixture in which the distinction of the elements is lost by [[fusion]], blending, or [[intimate]] intermingling. |
:b. Fusion together. Obs. rare. | :b. Fusion together. Obs. rare. | ||
− | *8. The quality of being confused, indistinct, or obscure: said of objects of sensuous or mental attention. | + | *8. The [[quality]] of being confused, indistinct, or obscure: said of objects of sensuous or mental attention. |
− | *9. The confounding or mistaking of one for another; failure to distinguish. Const. of (things), of one with another, between (things). | + | *9. The confounding or mistaking of one for another; failure to distinguish. Const. of ([[things]]), of one with another, between (things). |
[[Category: General Reference]] | [[Category: General Reference]] |
Revision as of 15:12, 12 September 2009
- 1. Discomfiture, overthrow, ruin, destruction, perdition. ? Obs.
- b. A cause of overthrow or ruin. (Cf. ruin.)
- c. as an imprecation or exclamation. (Cf. CONFOUND 2.)
- b. Overthrow or discomfiture in argument; confutation. Obs.
- 3. Mental perturbation or agitation such as prevents the full command of the faculties; embarrassment, perplexity, fluttered condition.
- 4. The action of confounding, confusing, or throwing into disorder: spec. in reference to the ‘confusion of tongues’ at the tower of Babel.
- 5. A confused or disordered condition; disorder.
- b. In reference to ideas, notions, etc.
- c. Confused condition of anything.
- d. with pl.
- e. quasi-concr. A confused assemblage of. (rare.)
- 6. Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion.
- b. Civil commotion or disorder.
- c. pl. Disorders, commotions.
- 7. Mixture in which the distinction of the elements is lost by fusion, blending, or intimate intermingling.
- b. Fusion together. Obs. rare.