A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1605
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Perplex, v. [e.m.E. (Shakesp.), back-formation f. Perplexit.] tr. To bewilder or confuse. —a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxiv. 40.
That poysond pest perplexis so my spreet I sitt … Half mangd in mynd
