puzzled


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
puzzle/ˈpʌzl/
verb
  • 1 confuse (someone) on account of being difficult to understand.
  • 2 think hard about something difficult to understand.
noun
  • 1 a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.
  • 2 a puzzling person or thing.
– derivatives
puzzlement noun,
puzzler noun,
puzzling adjective,
puzzlingly adverb.
– origin C16: of unknown origin.
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