perplexment
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /pəˈplɛksmənt/
Noun

perplexment (uncountable)

  1. The state of being perplexed; perplexity. [from 19th c.]
    • 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, ‘Sticks’:
      Colin Leverett studied it in perplexment – half a dozen odd lengths of branch, wired together at cross angles for no fathomable purpose.



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