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disquiet
English
Etymology
dis- +? quiet.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?kwa??t/
- Rhymes: -a??t
- Hyphenation: dis?quiet
Noun
disquiet (countable and uncountable, plural disquiets)
- Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind
- Synonyms: anxiety, disturbance, restlessness, uneasiness
Translations
Adjective
disquiet (comparative more disquiet, superlative most disquiet)
- (chiefly obsolete) Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy.
- 1669, anonymous [Robert Fleming], The Fulfilling of the Scripture, or An Essay Shewing the Exact Accomplishment of the Word of God in His Works of Providence, Performed and to be Performed. For Confirming the Beleevers, and Convincing the Atheists of the Present Time. Containing in the End a Few Rare Histories of the Works and Servants of God in the Church of Scotland, [Rotterdam: s.n.], OCLC 9818801; republished as The Fulfilling of the Scripture, in Three Parts. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, Glasgow: Printed by Stephen Young, Prince's-Street, 1801, OCLC 561020060, page 234:
- How rare is it for men to get their lot in the world brought up to their de?ire? but are ?till at ?ome jar with their pre?ent condition, ?o that oft there needs no more to turn men discontent but the thought of ?ome lot, which they apprehend more ?ati?fying than their own, the want whereof turns them more di?quiet than all their enjoyments are plea?ing; […]
- 1719, “Robinson Crusoe” [pseudonym; Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Suprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years, All Alone in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, whereon All the Men Perished but Himself. With an Account how He Was at Last as Strangely Deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself, London: W. Taylor, OCLC 752551201; republished as The Wonderful Life, and Most Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York; Mariner. Containing a Full and Particular Account How He Lived Eight and Twenty Years in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America: How His Ship was Lost in a Storm, and All His Companions Drowned; and How He was Cast upon the Shore by the Wreck. With a True Relation How He was at last Miraculously Preserved by Pyrates. Faithfully Epitomized from the Three Volumes, and Adorned with Cutts Suited to the Most Remarkable Stories, London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red Lion, in Pater noster Row; R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun, in Amen-Corner; and J. Hodges, at the Looking-glass, on London-Bridge, 1737, OCLC 559894466, page 51:
- From this place it was that i u?ed to go often to view my boat; and now i ?hall relate a thing that gave me the mo?t di?quiet of any thing i had ever met with, ?ince my fir?t coming into the i?land. […] [O]ne day, as i was going to my boat, as u?ual, i perceived on the ?and, the print of a man's naked foot, and had i ?een an apparition, i could not have been more terrified.
- 1669, anonymous [Robert Fleming], The Fulfilling of the Scripture, or An Essay Shewing the Exact Accomplishment of the Word of God in His Works of Providence, Performed and to be Performed. For Confirming the Beleevers, and Convincing the Atheists of the Present Time. Containing in the End a Few Rare Histories of the Works and Servants of God in the Church of Scotland, [Rotterdam: s.n.], OCLC 9818801; republished as The Fulfilling of the Scripture, in Three Parts. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, Glasgow: Printed by Stephen Young, Prince's-Street, 1801, OCLC 561020060, page 234:
Derived terms
- disquieting
- disquietude
Verb
disquiet (third-person singular simple present disquiets, present participle disquieting, simple past and past participle disquieted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make (someone or something) worried or anxious.
Synonyms
- unquiet (now rare)
- unsettle
Translations
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perplex
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin perplexus (“entangled, confused”), from per (“through”) + plexus, perfect passive participle of plect? (“plait, weave, braid”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: p?rpl?ks?, IPA(key): /p??pl?ks/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?pl?ks?, IPA(key): /p??pl?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Verb
perplex (third-person singular simple present perplexes, present participle perplexing, simple past and past participle perplexed)
- (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
- What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
- (transitive, obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
- 1726, George Granville, Chloe
- Chloe's the wonder of her sex, 'Tis well her heart is tender, How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her.
- 1726, George Granville, Chloe
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:confuse
Related terms
- perplexable
- perplexation
- perplexed
- perplexedness
- perplexing
- perplexity
- perplexment
Translations
Adjective
perplex (comparative more perplex, superlative most perplex)
- (obsolete) intricate; difficult
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- How the soul directs the spirits for the motion of the body, according to the several animal exigents, is as perplex in the Theory, as either of the former.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
Noun
perplex (plural perplexes)
- (obsolete) A difficulty.
Further reading
- perplex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- perplex in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- perplex at OneLook Dictionary Search
German
Etymology
From French perplexe, from Latin perplexus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???pl?ks/
- Hyphenation: per?plex
Adjective
perplex (comparative perplexer, superlative am perplexesten)
- (colloquial, rarely attributive) confused, perplexed, puzzled
- Synonyms: verdutzt, verblüfft, verwirrt
Declension
Related terms
- Perplexität
Further reading
- “perplex” in Duden online
- “perplex” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “perplex” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Romanian
Etymology
From French perplexe, from Latin perplex.
Adjective
perplex m or n (feminine singular perplex?, masculine plural perplec?i, feminine and neuter plural perplexe)
- perplexed
Declension
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