perplex
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin perplexus (“entangled, confused”), from per (“through”) + plexus, perfect passive participle of plectō (“plait, weave, braid”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛks
Verb
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- (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
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- What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.
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- (transitive, obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
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- Chloe's the wonder of her sex, 'Tis well her heart is tender, How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:confuse
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Adjective
perplex (comparative more perplex, superlative most perplex)
- (obsolete) intricate; difficult
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- How the soul directs the spirits for the motion of the body, according to the several animal exigents, is perplex in the theory.
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Noun
perplex (plural perplexes)
- (obsolete) A difficulty.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perplex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Further reading
- “perplex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “perplex”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “perplex”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
German
Etymology
From French perplexe, from Latin perplexus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
perplex (comparative perplexer, superlative am perplexesten)
- (colloquial, rarely attributive) confused, perplexed, puzzled
Declension
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Further reading
- “perplex” in Duden online
- “perplex” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “perplex” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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