perplexity
noun/pəˈpleksəti/
/pərˈpleksəti/
(plural perplexities)
(formal)- [uncountable] the state of feeling confused and worried because you do not understand something synonym confusion
- His comments have been the source of much perplexity and debate.
- in perplexity Most of them just stared at her in perplexity.
- [countable, usually plural] something that is difficult to understand
- the perplexities of life
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled, confused’, based on plexus ‘interwoven’, from the verb plectere.
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