bepuzzlement en · NOUN
Etymology
From bepuzzle + -ment.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Perplexity.
He paused and regarded his listeners. The bepuzzlement in their faces was delicious. Also, there was awe in their faces.
1908 February 19, Jack London, chapter 9, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC: