English
Etymology
From Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitas �entanglement�, from perplexus.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/p��pl�ksɪti/
(US) IPA|/p�ɻ�pl�ks�di/
Noun
en-noun|perplexities
- The state of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
- Something that perplexes.
#*1942: The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities, stood providing a strongly contrary appearance � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 149)
Translations
Hebrew ����� (m"vucha)
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