perplex
pronunciation
How to pronounce perplex in British English:
UK [pəˈpleks]
How to pronounce perplex in American English:
US [pərˈpleks]
-
- Verb:
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- make more complicated
Word Origin
- perplex
- perplex: see ply
- perplex (v.)
- late 14c. as an adjective, "perplexed, puzzled, bewildered," from Latin perplexus "involved, confused, intricate;" but Latin had no corresponding verb *perplectere. The Latin compound would be per "through" (see per) + plexus "entangled," past participle of plectere "to twine, braid, fold" (see complex (adj.)). The form of the English adjective shifted to perplexed by late 15c., probably to conform to other past participle adjectives. The verb is latest attested of the group, in 1590s, evidently a back-formation from the adjective. Related: Perplexing, which well describes the history of the word.
Example
- 1. Perplex blackhead many years , ask an expert to help me .
- 2. It seems to me that they do so on the understanding that these problems that perplex us are deep , substantive , and really matter .
- 3. The new tax laws perplex me .
- 4. Skin sao is urticant more than or perplex because of sustaining a mood about how with psychology .
- 5. Macao economy suffers the problem that oneself exists to perplex on one hand , suffer the pressure of adjacent area and effect again .