perplex
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
perplex/pəˈpleks/
▶verb cause (someone) to feel baffled.
– derivatives
perplexed adjective,
perplexedly adverb,
perplexing adjective,
perplexingly adverb,
perplexity noun (pl. perplexities).
perplexed adjective,
perplexedly adverb,
perplexing adjective,
perplexingly adverb,
perplexity noun (pl. perplexities).
– origin C15: from the obs. adj. perplex ‘bewildered’, from L. perplexus ‘entangled’.
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