perplexment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pəˈplɛksmənt/ (UK)
Etymology
From perplex + -ment.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being perplexed; perplexity.
Colin Leverett studied it in perplexment – half a dozen odd lengths of branch, wired together at cross angles for no fathomable purpose.
1974, Karl Edward Wagner, Sticks: