[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state or quality of being confused.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, vii. (1617), 98. Of a Chaos, that is to say, of confusednesse.
1647. M. Hudson, Div. Right Govt., I. vi. 52. The darkness and confusedness of mans understanding.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Rose Tree, The old Branches, which by their too great confusedness, hinder the new ones from performing their Functions.
1817. Bentham, Plan Parl. Reform, Introd. 260. The confusedness of the ideas attached to them in the minds of those [etc.].
1884. Proc. Psychical Soc., I. VI. 191. A confusedness of impression.
