puzzlement

English

Etymology

From puzzle +‎ -ment

Noun

puzzlement (countable and uncountable, plural puzzlements)

1. The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment
2. A puzzle.
   • 2007 October 14, Alex Mindlin, “1924, Through an Ancestor’s Eyes”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The diary contains plenty of small puzzlements.