puzzling en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more puzzling | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most puzzling | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
de rätselhaft (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · no forunderlig (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · nl raadselachtig (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · nl verwarrend (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · sh zàmršen (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · it enigmatico (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · sh nerazùmljiv (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · mi pōkīkī (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · az müəmmalı (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · pt desconcertante (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · pt confuso (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · de verwirrend (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · gl confuso (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · it misterioso (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · pt intrigante (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · sh zbùnjujūći (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) · la perplexus (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing)