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   perplexity

   /pəˈplɛksɪti/

   noun

   • 1. inability to deal with or understand something: "she paused in perplexity" Similar confusionbewildermentpuzzlementbafflementincomprehensionlack of comprehensionmystificationbemusementbefuddlementquandarynonplusinformal:bamboozlementdiscombobulationrare:disconcertiondisconcertment
   • ▪ a complicated or baffling situation or thing: "the perplexities of international relations" Similar complexitycomplicationintricacyproblemdifficultydilemmamysterypuzzleenigmaparadoxobscurityobfuscation
   • 2. an entangled state: archaic "the dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled, confused’ (see perplex).

   Scrabble Points: 24

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