See Also: cornify(dictionary)

perplex (iou) and cornify (iou)


perplex (iou)



perplex verb trans. L16.
[Back-form. from PERPLEXED.]
Confuse or bewilder (a person). L16.
A. Carter An obscure..dialect just about to perplex three generations of philologists.
b. Torment, trouble. L16-E18.
Make (a thing) intricate or complicated; confuse, muddle. E17.
J. Wesley Perplexing a subject plain in itself.
Cause to become tangled; entangle, intertwine. arch. E17.
T. T. Stoddart Some trout..attempt to cut or perplex the tackle among stones or weeds.
perplexing adjective causing perplexity M17.
perplexingly adverb in a perplexing manner M19.

cornify (iou)



cornify verb trans. E17.
[from Latin cornu horn + -I- + -FY.]
Cuckold. Only in E17.
Turn (tissue) into horny material; keratinize. Chiefly as cornified ppl adjective. M19.
cornifi'cation noun M19.