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Webster 1913 Edition
Perplexity
Per-plex′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Perplexities
(#)
. [L.
perplexitas
: cf. F. perplexité
.] The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
By their own
They ravel more.
perplexities
involved,They ravel more.
Milton.
Definition 2024
perplexity
perplexity
English
Noun
perplexity (plural perplexities)
- The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused.
- Something that perplexes.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- The Emperor, who was by then a focus of unresolvable perplexities, stood providing a strongly contrary appearance.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 149:
- A measurement in information theory: see Perplexity.
Translations
Quality of being confused or puzzled
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