kənˈfjuːz
To puzzle, perplex, baffle, or bewilder; to mix up or mistake one thing for another.
When earthly love produces such confusion and such obedience demands, dost thou wonder if trav-ellers of the road of God remain engulfed in the Ocean of Reality?
Saadi, Bustan
Then let confusion of one part confirm The other's peace
Shakespeare, King John, Act 2, Scene 1
Piety, and fear, Religion to the gods, peace, justice, truth, Domestic awe, night-rest, and neighbourhood, Instruction, manners, mysteries, and trades, Degrees, observances, customs, and laws, Decline to your confounding contraries, And let confusion live!
Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 1
confusus /confusus/
Classical Latin, Roman Empire
confus /confus/
Anglo-Norman, England
confused /confused/
Middle English, England