Perplexity Definition

pər-plĕksĭ-tē
perplexities
noun
The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment; confusion.
Webster's New World
Something that is perplexed, or complicated.
Webster's New World
Something that perplexes.
Webster's New World
A measurement in information theory: see Perplexity.
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Noun

Singular:
perplexity
Plural:
perplexities

Origin of Perplexity

  • From Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitas "˜entanglement', from perplexus.

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Perplexity Sentence Examples

  • In my perplexity I did not know whose aid and advice to seek.

  • The children looked at each other in perplexity, and the Wizard sighed.

  • The only thing for me to do in a perplexity is to go ahead, and learn by making mistakes.

  • He grinned at the perplexity across Connor's face.

  • But an analysis of his results leaves the reader in more perplexity than satisfaction at the kind of information imparted, and he reverts insensibly to the sources from which his instructor has himself been instructed.

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