rare. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state or quality of being confounded.
1641. Bp. Hall, Def. Humble Remonstr. Of the same strain is their witty descant of my confoundedness. Ibid. (1641), Answ. to Vind. Smectymnuus, 90. The self-confoundednesse you impute to me.
1659. H. More, Immort. Soul (1662), 23. Confoundedness and stupidity.
